What You Need To Know; The General Screen - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

Chapter 7 Wireless

7.1.2 What You Need to Know

Wireless Basics
" Wireless" is essent ially radio com m unicat ion. I n t he sam e way t hat walkie- t alkie radios send and
receive inform at ion over t he airwaves, wireless net working devices exchange inform at ion wit h one
anot her. A wireless net working device is j ust like a radio t hat let s your com put er exchange
inform at ion wit h radios at t ached t o ot her com put ers. Like walkie- t alkies, m ost wireless net working
devices operat e at radio frequency bands t hat are open t o t he public and do not require a license t o
use. However, wireless net working is different from t hat of m ost t radit ional radio com m unicat ions in
t hat t here a num ber of wireless net working st andards available wit h different m et hods of dat a
encrypt ion.
Finding Out More
See Sect ion 7.10 on page 125

7.2 The General Screen

Use t his screen t o enable t he Wireless LAN, ent er t he SSI D and select t he wireless securit y m ode.
Not e: I f you are configur ing t he Device fr om a com put er connect ed t o t he wireless LAN
and you change t he Device's SSI D, channel or securit y set t ings, you will lose your
wireless connect ion when you press Apply t o confirm . You m ust t hen change t he
wireless set t ings of your com put er t o m at ch t he Device's new set t ings.
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for advanced t echnical inform at ion on wireless net works.
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