ZyXEL NBG6615 User Guide - Page 58

No Security, 6.4.2 WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK, Network, Wireless LAN, General

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN Table 13 Network > Wireless LAN > General (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION 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. Operating Channel Channel Width Select Auto to have the NBG6615 automatically choose the channel with the least interference. This displays the channel the NBG6615 is currently using. Select whether the NBG6615 uses a wireless channel width of 20MHz, 40MHz, or 80MHz (available with 5GHz). 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. Select Auto to have the NBG6615 adjust channel bandwidth automatically based on network conditions. Select 20MHz if you have 2.4G wireless clients in an environment with a lot of wireless clients. Select 40MHz if your 2.4G wireless clients support channel bonding. Security Mode Apply Reset Select 80MHz if your 5G wireless clients support channel bonding. This displays the type of security configured on the wireless device to which you are connecting. Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG6615. Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen. 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 NBG6615, your network is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range. Figure 35 Network > Wireless LAN > General: No Security 6.4.2 WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Click Network > Wireless LAN (2.4G/5G) to display the General screen. Select WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK from the Security Mode list. NBG6615's User's Guide 58

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
NBG6615’s 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 NBG6615, your network is accessible
to any wireless networking device that is within range.
Figure 35
Network > Wireless LAN > General: No Security
6.4.2
WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
Click
Network
>
Wireless LAN
(2.4G/5G) to display the
General
screen. Select
WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/
WPA2-PSK
from the
Security Mode
list.
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.
Select
Auto
to have the NBG6615 automatically choose the channel with the least interference.
Operating
Channel
This displays the channel the NBG6615 is currently using.
Channel Width
Select whether the NBG6615 uses a wireless channel width of
20MHz
,
40MHz
, or
80MHz
(available
with 5GHz).
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.
Select
Auto
to have the NBG6615 adjust channel bandwidth automatically based on network
conditions.
Select
20MHz
if you have 2.4G wireless clients in an environment with a lot of wireless clients.
Select
40MHz
if your 2.4G wireless clients support channel bonding.
Select
80MHz
if your 5G wireless clients support channel bonding.
Security Mode
This displays the type of security configured on the wireless device to which you are connecting.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the NBG6615.
Reset
Click
Reset
to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Table 13
Network > Wireless LAN > General (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION