ZyXEL Communications wap3205 V3, User Manual

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
WAP3205 v3 User’s Guide
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See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
6.4.1 No Security
Select None to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any data
encryption.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your WAP3205 v3, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
Figure 38 Network > Wireless LAN > General: No Security
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
6.4.2 WEP Encryption
WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and the access points to
keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and multicast communications in a network.
Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key.
Channel Width Select whether the WAP3205 v3 uses a wireless channel width of 20MHz , 40MHz or Auto 20/
40MHz . A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps whereas a 40MHz
channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Because not all
devices support 40MHz channels, select
Auto 20/40MHz to allow the WAP3205 v3 to adjust the
channel bandwidth automatically.
Security Use this section to configure the wireless security between the WAP3205 v3 and its wireless clients.
Security Mode Select WEP , WPA-PSK(TKIP) , WPA-PSK(AES) , WPA2-PSK(TKIP) , WPA2-PSK(AES) or WPA-PSK/WPA2-
PSK AES to add security on this wireless network. The wireless clients which want to associate to
this network must have same wireless security settings as this device. After you select to use a
security, additional options appears in this screen. See
6.4.2 and 6.4.3 sections. Or you can select
None to allow any client to associate this network without authentication.
Pre-Shared Key
Enter the password that lets you connect to the WAP3205 v3. Your password should be
in a string of ASCII characters between 8 and 63 or hexadecimal characters between
8 and 64.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAP3205 v3.
Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Table 19 Network > Wireless LAN > General (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 20 Network > Wireless LAN > General: No Security
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Security Mode Choose None from the drop-down list box.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAP3205 v3.
Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.