Tutorial; Chapter 4 Tutorial; How To Configure The Wireless Lan; Choosing The Wireless Mode - ZyXEL Communications NWA1120 Series User Manual

This chapter first provides an overview of how to configure the wireless LAN on your NWA, and then
gives step-by-step guidelines showing how to configure your NWA for some example scenarios.

4.1 How to Configure the Wireless LAN

This section illustrates how to choose which wireless operating mode to use on the NWA and how to
set up the wireless LAN in each wireless mode. See
information on each step.

4.1.1 Choosing the Wireless Mode

• Use MBSSID (Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier) operating mode if you want to use the NWA
as an access point with some groups of users having different security or QoS settings from other
groups of users. See
• Use Client operating mode if you want to use the NWA to access a wireless network. See
1.2.2 on page 13
• Use Root AP operating mode if you want to allow wireless clients to access your wired network
through the NWA and also have repeaters communicate with the NWA to expand wireleass
coverage. See
• Use Repeater operating mode if you want to use the NWA to communicate with the root AP or
other repeaters. See

4.1.2 Further Reading

Use these links to find more information on the steps:
• Choosing 802.11 Mode: see
• Choosing a wireless Channel ID: see
• Choosing a Security mode: see
• Configuring an external RADIUS server: see
• Configuring MAC Filtering: see

4.2 How to Configure Multiple Wireless Networks

In this example, you have been using your NWA as an access point for your office network. Now
your network is expanding and you want to make use of the MBSSID feature (see
NWA1120 Series User's Guide
Section 1.2.1 on page 12
for details.
Section 1.2.3 on page 15
Section 1.2.4 on page 15
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