Wireless Security - ZyXEL Communications PMG5318-B20B User Manual

Table 66 Wireless Basic
LABEL
Enable Wireless
Enable Wireless
Hotspot 2.0
Hide Access Point Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
Clients Isolation
Disable WMM
Advertise
Enable Wireless
Multicast
Forwarding
(WMF)
SSID
BSSID
Max Clients
Wireless Guest/
Virtual Access
Points
Enabled
SSID
Hidden
Isolate Clients
Enable WMF
Max Clients
BSSID
Apply/Save

19.2 Wireless Security

Click Wireless > Security to open the Security screen. Set Network Authentication to Open
to allow wireless stations to communicate with the GPON Device without any data encryption or
authentication.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your GPON Device, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
Chapter 19 Wireless
DESCRIPTION
Select this check box to activate the wireless LAN.
Select this check box to turn on a public hotspot for the ISP's mobile clients. The ISP
configures and controls this public hotspot.
obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
Select this to keep the wireless clients in this SSID from communicating with each other
directly through the GPON Device.
WMM (Wifi MultiMedia) automatically prioritizes services according to the ToS value in the
IP header of packets. Turn off WMM if your wireless clients are not able to associate with
an AP using WMM.
Select this check box to have the GPON Device convert wireless multicast traffic (IGMP
version 2 or 3) into wireless unicast traffic to reduce the traffic load. This function can
improve the transmission quality of video services (for example, IPTV).
Enter a descriptive name for the wireless LAN.
This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the Device when wireless LAN is
enabled.
Set a limit for how many wireless clients can connect to the GPON Device at a time.
Use this section to enable and configure multiple wireless networks on the GPON Device.
Select this to activate the wireless network.
The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless device is
associated. Wireless devices 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.
Select this to isolate wireless clients from accessing others in the same wireless network.
Select this check box to improve the wireless transmission quality for multicast frames. It
is recommended to select this for video streaming application.
Set a limit for how many wireless clients can connect to the wireless network at a time.
This shows the MAC address of the wireless network on the Device when the wireless
network is enabled.
Click this button to save your changes.
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