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Chapter 9 Wireless LAN

P-2602H(W)(L)-DxA User’s Guide

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

9.5.1 No Security

Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without
any data encryption.

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If you do not enable any wireless security on your ZyXEL Device, your network
is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.

Table 33 Wireless LAN: General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active Wireless

LAN

Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.

Network Name

(SSID)

(Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless

station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must

have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII

characters) for the wireless LAN.

Note: If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer

connected to the wireless LAN and you change the ZyXEL
Device’s SSID or WEP settings, you will lose your wireless
connection when you press Apply to confirm. You must then
change the wireless settings of your computer to match the
ZyXEL Device’s new settings.

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.

Channel

Selection

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

Security Mode

See the following sections for more details about this field.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.

Cancel

Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Advanced

Setup

Click Advanced Setup to display the Wireless Advanced Setup screen and edit

more details of your WLAN setup.

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