Table 45 Advanced > Wireless - ZyXEL Communications G-4100 V2 User Manual

G-4100 v2 User's Guide
The following table describes the general wireless LAN fields in this screen.
Table 45 ADVANCED > WIRELESS
LABEL
ESSID
Channel
Security
WPA
Group Key
Rekeying
Use WPA with
Pre-shared Key
Use WPA with
RADIUS Server
Server IP/
Domain
Authentication
Port
Shared Secret
Key
WEP
Encryption
Mode
180
DESCRIPTION
(Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifies the Service Set with which a
wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP)
must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII
characters) for the wireless LAN.
If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer connected to the wireless
LAN and you change the ZyXEL Device's ESSID or WEP settings, you will lose your
wireless connection when you click Apply. You must then change the wireless
settings of your computer to match the ZyXEL Device's new settings.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box depending on your particular region.
Select Disable to allow wireless devices to communicate with the ZyXEL Device
without any data encryption.
Select WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) to have the ZyXEL Device perform user
authentication and data encryption. WPA's data encryption is stronger than WEP.
Select WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy to have the ZyXEL Device encrypt data
frames before transmitting them over the wireless network. Select the check box to
enable WEP data encryption. Then configure the WEP keys.
The Group Key Rekeying field sets how often the AP (if using WPA-PSK key
management) or RADIUS server (if using WPA key management) sends a new
group key out to all clients. The re-keying process is the WPA equivalent of
automatically changing the WEP key for an AP and all stations in a WLAN on a
periodic basis. Setting of the WPA Group Key Update Timer is also supported in
WPA-PSK mode. The default is 8,600 seconds.
Select this radio button to use a pre-shared key for WPA. Type a pre-shared key from
8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including spaces and symbols).
Select this radio button to use a RADIUS server to authenticate the wireless clients.
Enter the external authentication server's IP address (in dotted decimal notation) or
domain name.
You need not change this value unless your network administrator instructs you to do
so with additional information.
Enter a password (up to 31 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared
between the external authentication server and the ZyXEL Device.
The key is not sent over the network. This key must be the same on the external
authentication server and the ZyXEL Device.
Select 64-bit or 128-bit for the WEP key length.
Select the type of input mode from the drop-down list box. Choices are HEX and
ASCII.
Select ASCII to enter the WEP keys as ASCII characters.
Select HEX to enter the WEP keys as hexadecimal characters.
Chapter 23 Wireless LAN