3 configuring the wireless client, Internet, 1 connecting to a wireless lan – ZyXEL Communications Prestige P-870HW-51a v2 User Manual

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Chapter 2 Tutorials

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Click the WLAN Station List hyperlink in the AP’s Status screen. You can see if
any wireless client has connected to the AP.

Figure 6 AP: Status: WLAN Station List

2.1.3 Configuring the Wireless Client

This section describes how to connect the wireless client to a network.

2.1.3.1 Connecting to a Wireless LAN

The following sections show you how to join a wireless network using the ZyXEL
utility, as in the following diagram. The wireless client is labeled C and the access
point is labeled AP.

There are three ways to connect the client to an access point.

• Configure nothing and leave the wireless client to automatically scan for and

connect to any available network that has no wireless security configured.

• Manually connect to a network.
• Configure a profile to have the wireless client automatically connect to a specific

network or peer computer.

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AP

Internet

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