No Security; More Secure (Recommended) - ZyXEL Communications EX5501-B0 User Manual

Table 21 Network Setting > Wireless > General (continued)
LABEL
Security Mode
Cancel
Apply

7.2.1 No Security

Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the Zyxel Device without any data
encryption or authentication.
Note: 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.
Figure 55 Wireless > General: No Security
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 22 Wireless > General: No Security
LABEL
Security Level

7.2.2 More Secure (Recommended)

The WPA-PSK (WiFi Protected Access-Pre-Shared Key) security mode provides both improved data
encryption and user authentication over WEP. Using a pre-shared key, both the Zyxel Device and the
connecting client share a common password in order to validate the connection. This type of
encryption, while robust, is not as strong as WPA, WPA2 or even WPA2-PSK. The WPA2-PSK security mode
is a more robust version of the WPA encryption standard. It offers slightly better security, although the use
of PSK makes it less robust than it could be. The WPA3-SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals
handshake) security mode protects against dictionary attacks (password guessing attempts). It
improves security by requiring a new encryption key every time a WPA3 connection is made. A
handshake is the communication between the Zyxel Device and a connecting client at the beginning
of a WiFi session.
Click Network Setting > Wireless to display the General screen. Select More Secure as the security level.
Then select WPA3-SAE from the Security Mode list if your wireless client supports it. If you are not sure,
select WPA3-SAE/WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK.
Chapter 7 Wireless
DESCRIPTION
Select More Secure (Recommended) to add security on this wireless network. The wireless clients
which want to associate to this network must have same wireless security settings as the Zyxel
Device. When you select to use a security, additional options appears in this screen.
Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without any data
encryption or authentication.
See the following sections for more details about this field.
Click Cancel to restore your previously saved settings.
Click Apply to save your changes.
DESCRIPTION
Choose No Security to allow all wireless connections without data encryption or authentication.
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