ZyXEL Communications P-974H - V3.70, Manual

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
P-974H/HW Series User’s Guide
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6.4 Access Control
To change your ZyXEL Device Access Control settings click Wireless > Access
Control.
Note: Be careful not to list your computer’s MAC address and set the MAC Restrict
Mode field to Deny when managing the ZyXEL Device via a wireless
connection. This would lock you out.
Figure 20 Wireless: Access Control
WPA Pre-
Shared Key Enter a password (up to 31 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be
shared between the external authentication server and the access
points.
The key is not sent over the network. This key must be the same on the
external authentication server and ZyXEL Device.
Group Key
Rotation
Interval This is the rate at which the AP sends a new group key out to all clients.
The re-keying process is the WPA equivalent of automatically changing
the WEP key for an AP and all stations in a WLAN on a periodic basis.
Enter the number of seconds between a key rotation occurs.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.
Table 20 Wireless: Security: WPA-PSK (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION