Wireless Security Overview; Configuring Wireless Security; Table 9 Wireless Security Levels - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-470 User Manual

Table 8 Wireless: the AP Survey Screen
LABEL
SSID
Channel
Signal Strength
Security Mode
Rescan

6.4 Wireless Security Overview

Wireless security is vital to your network to protect wireless communication between wireless
stations, access points and the wired network.
The figure below shows the possible wireless security levels on your ZyXEL Device. EAP
(Extensible Authentication Protocol) is used for authentication and utilizes dynamic WEP key
exchange. It requires interaction with a RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service) server either on the WAN or your LAN to provide authentication service for wireless
stations.

Table 9 Wireless Security Levels

SECURITY LEVEL
Least Secure
Most Secure
If you do not enable any wireless security on your ZyXEL Device, your network is accessible
to any wireless networking device that is within range.

6.5 Configuring Wireless Security

In order to configure and enable wireless security; click Wireless > Security to display the
Security screen. This screen varies according to the encryption method you select.
Chapter 6 Wireless Screens
DESCRIPTION
This field displays the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of each access point. Click
on an SSID to select that wireless device.
This field displays the channel number used by each access point.
This field displays the signal strength of each access point.
This field displays details of the access point's security and data encryption
settings.
Click Rescan to have the ZyXEL Device search again for available access
points.
SECURITY TYPE
Unique SSID (Default)
Unique SSID with Hide SSID Enabled
MAC Address Filtering
WEP Encryption
IEEE802.1x EAP with RADIUS Server Authentication
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
WPA2
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