ZyXEL Communications ZyWall 10W User Manual page 85

LABEL
Enable The wireless LAN is turned off (No) by default, before you enable the wireless LAN you
Wireless should configure some security by setting MAC filters and/or 802.1x security; otherwise your
LAN wireless LAN will be vulnerable upon enabling it. Select the check box to enable the
wireless LAN.
ESSID (Extended Service Set IDentification) The ESSID identifies the Service Set the station is to
connect to. Wireless clients associating to the Access Point must have the same ESSID.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 characters) for the wireless LAN.
Hide Select Yes to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot obtain the
ESSID ESSID through passive scanning.
Channel ID This allows you to set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
CH01 2412 MHz / CH02 2417 MHz ~ CH11 2462 MHz (North America/FCC)
CH01 2412 MHz / CH02 2417 MHz ~ CH13 2472 MHz (Europe CE/ ETSI)
CH01 2412 MHz / CH02 2417 MHz ~ Ch14 2484 MHz (Japan)
CH10 2457 MHz / CH11 2462 MHz (Spain)
CH10 2457 MHz / CH11 2462 MHz ~ CH13 2472 MHz (France)
RTS (Request To Send) The threshold (number of bytes) for enabling RTS/CTS handshake.
Threshold Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting
this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC service data unit) size turns off
the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake.
Enter a value between 0 and 2432.
Frag. The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages. It is
Threshold the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a value between 256 and 2432.
WEP WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) provides data encryption to prevent unauthorized wireless
stations from accessing data transmitted over the wireless network.
Select Disable to allow wireless clients to communicate with the access points without any
data encryption.
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
Although WEP is functional at 5.5 and 11 Mbps, there is significant performance
degradation when using WEP at these rates.
Wireless LAN Screens
ZyWALL Series Internet Security Gateway
Table 6-1 Wireless
DESCRIPTION
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