Chapter 4 Tutorial; How To Configure The Wireless Lan; Choosing The Wireless Mode; Further Reading - ZyXEL Communications NWA 1121-NI User Manual

This chapter first provides an overview of how to configure the wireless LAN on your NWA1121-NI,
and then gives step-by-step guidelines showing how to configure your NWA1121-NI 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 NWA1121-NI
and how to set up the wireless LAN in each wireless mode. See
more 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
NWA1121-NI 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 NWA1121-NI to access a wireless network. See
Section 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 NWA1121-NI and also have repeaters communicate with the NWA1121-NI to expand
wireleass coverage. See
• Use Repeater operating mode if you want to use the NWA1121-NI 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 NWA1121-NI as an access point for your office network.
Now your network is expanding and you want to make use of the MBSSID feature (see
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