ZyXEL Communications Prestige 653HWI series, User Manual

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Prestige 653HWI Series User’s Guide
Wireless LAN Setup 6-5
Table 6-1 Wireless
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ESSID
The ESSID (Extended Service Set Identification) is a unique name to identify the Prestige in
the wireless LAN. Wireless stations associating to the Prestige must have the same ESSID.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 characters).
Hide ESSID
Select Yes to hide the ESSID in so a station cannot obtain the ESSID through passive
scanning.
Select
No to make the ESSID visible so a station can obtain the ESSID through passive
scanning.
Channel ID
The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11g wireless devices is called a channel.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
RTS/CTS
Threshold
The RTS (Request To Send) threshold (number of bytes) for enabling RTS/CTS handshake.
Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting
this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC service data unit) size turns off the
RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake.
Enter a value between 0 and 2432.
Fragmentation
Threshold
The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages. It is
the maximum data fragment size that can be sent.
Enter a value between 256 and 2432.
WEP
Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless
network.
Select
Disable to allow all wireless computers to communicate with the access points
without any data encryption.
Select
64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to use data encryption.
Key 1 to Key
4
The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige and the wireless stations must
use the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose
64-bit WEP , then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters
("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose
128-bit WEP , then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-
9", "A-F").
You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time. The
default key is key 1.
Back Click Back to go to the main wireless LAN setup screen.