ZyXEL Communications P-334U - Manual (Page 52)

P-334U/P-335U User’s Guide
52 Chapter 3 Connection Wizard
Figure 19 Wizard Step 2: Wireless LAN
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 9 Wizard Step 2: Wireless LAN
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Name(SSID) Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless
LAN.
If you change this field on the ZyXEL Device, make sure all wireless stations use the
same SSID in order to access the network.
Security Select a Security level from the drop-down list box.
Choose Auto to use OTIST to generate a pre-shared key and only if your wireless
clients support OTIST. If you choose this option, skip directly to section 3.3.3 .
Choose None to have no wireless LAN security configured. 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. If you choose this option, skip directly to section
3.3.3 .
Choose Basic security if you want to configure WEP Encryption parameters. If you
choose this option, go directly to section 3.3.1 .
Choose Extend (WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK) security to configure a Pre-Shared Key.
Choose this option only if your wireless clients support WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK
respectively. If you choose this option, skip directly to section 3.3.2 .
Channel
Selection
The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11b/g wireless devices is called a
channel.
This field displays Auto which means the ZyXEL Device automatically scans for and
selects a channel which is not used by a nearby device.
Back Click Back to display the previous screen.
Next Click Next to proceed to the next screen.
Exit Click Exit to close the wizard screen without saving.
Note: The wireless stations and ZyXEL Device must use the same SSID, channel ID
and WEP encryption key (if WEP is enabled), WPA-PSK (if WPA-PSK is
enabled) or WPA2-PSK (if WPA2-PSK is enabled) for wireless communication.