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7.1 Overview

This chapter describes how to perform tasks related to setting up and optimizing
your wireless network, including the following.
• Turning the wireless connection on or off.
• Configuring a name, wireless channel and security for the network.
• Using WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) to configure your wireless network.
• Using a MAC (Media Access Control) address filter to restrict access to the
wireless network.
See Chapter 2 on page 25
connection in an example scenario.
See Section 7.9 on page 94
networks.

7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

This chapter describes the ZyXEL Device's Network > Wireless LAN screens.
Use these screens to set up your ZyXEL Device's wireless connection.
• The General screen lets you turn the wireless connection on or off, set up
wireless security and make other basic configuration changes
page 82).
• Use the WPS screen and the WPS Station screen to use WiFi Protected Setup
(WPS). WPS lets you set up a secure network quickly, when connecting to other
WPS-enabled devices.
Use the WPS screen (see
generate a security PIN (Personal Identification Number) and see information
about the ZyXEL Device's WPS status.
Use the WPS Station (see
pressing a button or using a PIN.
• The MAC Filter screen lets you configure the MAC filter to allow or block access
to the ZyXEL Device based on the MAC addresses of the wireless stations
(Section 7.7 on page
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for a tutorial showing how to set up your wireless
for advanced technical information on wireless
Section 7.5 on page
Section 7.6 on page
91).
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(Section 7.4 on
89) to enable or disable WPS,
91) screen to set up WPS by
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