ZyXEL NBG-417N User Guide - Page 67

Table 25, LABEL, DESCRIPTION, No Security, WPA-PSK, Network, Wireless LAN, General

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Click Network > Wireless LAN to open the General screen. Figure 43 Network > Wireless LAN > General Chapter 6 Wireless LAN The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen. Table 25 Network > Wireless LAN > General LABEL Enable Wireless LAN Name(SSID) Hide SSID Channel Selection DESCRIPTION Click the check box to activate wireless LAN. (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. 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. Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region. Select a channel from the drop-down list box. The options vary depending on the frequency band and the country you are in. Auto Channel Selection Operating Channel Channel Width Security Mode Refer to the Connection Wizard chapter for more information on channels. This option is only available if Auto Channel Selection is disabled. Select this check box for the NBG-417N to automatically choose the channel with the least interference. Deselect this check box if you wish to manually select the channel using the Channel Section field. This displays the channel the NBG-417N is currently using. Select whether the NBG-417N uses a wireless channel width of 20 or 40 MHz. A standard 20 MHz 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 40 MHz channels, select Auto 20/40MHz to allow the NBG-417N to adjust the channel bandwidth automatically. Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK 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 No Security to allow any client to associate this network without authentication. Note: If you enable the WPS function, only No Security, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK are available in this field. NBG-417N User's Guide 67

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
NBG-417N User’s Guide
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Click
Network
>
Wireless LAN
to open the
General
screen.
Figure 43
Network > Wireless LAN > General
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 25
Network > Wireless LAN > General
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Enable
Wireless LAN
Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.
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.
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. The options vary depending on the
frequency band and the country you are in.
Refer to the Connection Wizard chapter for more information on channels. This
option is only available if
Auto Channel Selection
is disabled.
Auto Channel
Selection
Select this check box for the NBG-417N to automatically choose the channel with
the least interference. Deselect this check box if you wish to manually select the
channel using the
Channel Section
field.
Operating
Channel
This displays the channel the NBG-417N is currently using.
Channel Width
Select whether the NBG-417N uses a wireless channel width of 20 or 40 MHz. A
standard 20 MHz 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 40 MHz channels, select
Auto 20/40MHz
to allow
the NBG-417N to adjust the channel bandwidth automatically.
Security Mode
Select
WPA-PSK
or
WPA2-PSK
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
No
Security
to allow any client to associate this network without authentication.
Note: If you enable the WPS function, only
No Security
,
WPA-PSK
and
WPA2-PSK
are available in this field.