The Site Survey Screen - ZyXEL Communications NWD-270N User Manual

4.4 The Site Survey Screen

Use the Site Survey screen to scan for and connect to a wireless network automatically.
Figure 31 Site Survey
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 7 Site Survey
LABEL
Available Network
List
,
,
or
SSID
Channel
Signal
Scan
Connect
Site Information
Network Type
Channel
Security
MAC address
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DESCRIPTION
Click a column heading to sort the entries.
denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode and the wireless
security is activated.
denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode but the wireless
security is deactivated.
denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-Hoc mode and the wireless
security is activated.
denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-Hoc mode but the wireless
security is deactivated.
This field displays the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of each wireless device.
This field displays the channel number used by each wireless device.
This field displays the signal strength of each wireless device.
Click Scan to search for available wireless devices within transmission range.
Click Connect to associate to the selected wireless device.
Click an entry in the Available Network List table to display the information of the
selected wireless device.
This field displays the network type (Infrastructure or Ad Hoc) of the wireless
device.
This field displays the channel number used by each wireless device.
This field shows whether data encryption is activated (WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK,
WPA2, WPA2-PSK or 802.1x) or inactive (DISABLE).
This field displays the MAC address of the wireless device.
This field displays the time when the wireless device was scanned.
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