ZyXEL Communications P-873HNU-51B, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Wireless
P-873HNU(P)-51B User’s Guide
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7.2.1 No Security
Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any
data encryption or authentication.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your VDSL Router, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
Figure 23
Wireless > General: No Security
Wireless
Network Name
(SSID) The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless
device is associated. Wireless devices associating to the access point (AP) must
have the same SSID.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for the wireless
LAN.
Hide SSID Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station
cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
Client Isolation Select this to keep the wireless clients in this SSID from communicating with each
other through the VDSL Router.
MBSSID/LAN
Isolation Select this to keep the wireless clients in this SSID from communicating with clients
in other SSIDs or wired LAN devices through the VDSL Router.
Select both Client Isolation and MBSSID/LAN Isolation to allow this SSID’s
wireless clients to only connect to the Internet through the VDSL Router.
Enhanced
Multicast
Forwarding Select this check box to allow the VDSL Router to convert wireless multicast traffic
into wireless unicast traffic.
Security Level
Security Mode Select Basic (WEP) or More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK, WPA(2)) to add security on
this wireless network. The wireless clients which want to associate to this network
must have same wireless security settings as the VDSL Router. When you select to
use a security, additional options appears in this screen.
Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without
any data encryption or authentication.
See the following sections for more details about this field.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to restore your previously saved settings.
Table 11
Network Settings > Wireless > General (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION