Good Habits For Managing The Wap3205 V2; Resetting The Wap3205 V2; Procedure To Use The Reset Button; The Wps Button - ZyXEL Communications WAP3205 v2 User Manual

1.4 Good Habits for Managing the WAP3205 v2

Do the following things regularly to make the WAP3205 v2 more secure and to manage the
WAP3205 v2 more effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that's not easy to guess and that consists of different
types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier
working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you
forget your password, you will have to reset the WAP3205 v2 to its factory default settings. If you
backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the WAP3205
v2. You could simply restore your last configuration.

1.5 Resetting the WAP3205 v2

If you forget your password or IP address, or you cannot access the Web Configurator, you will need
to use the RESET button at the back of the WAP3205 v2 to reload the factory-default configuration
file. This means that you will lose all configurations that you had previously saved, the password
will be reset to "1234" and the WAP3205 v2 will be reset to obtain an IP address from a DHCP
server.

1.5.1 Procedure to Use the Reset Button

Make sure the power LED is on.
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Press the RESET button for one to five seconds to reboot the WAP3205 v2.
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Press the RESET button for longer than five seconds to set the WAP3205 v2 back to its factory-
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default configurations.

1.6 The WPS Button

You can use the WPS button (
to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security.
Make sure the power LED is on (not blinking).
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Press the WPS button for more than three seconds and release it. Press the WPS button on another
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WPS-enabled device within range of the WAP3205 v2.
Note: You must activate WPS in the WAP3205 v2 that acts as the AP and in another
wireless device within two minutes of each other.
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) on the front panel of the WAP3205 v2 to activate WPS in order
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