What You Need To Know About Wlan; The Wlan Screen - ZyXEL Communications 5 Series User Manual

Chapter 11 WLAN Screens
• Use the Port Roles screen
and connect an Access Point (AP) to the WLAN interface to extend the ZyWALL's
wireless LAN coverage.

11.1.2 What You Need to Know About WLAN

DHCP
See Section 7.1.2 on page 150
Like the LAN, the ZyWALL can also assign TCP/IP configuration via DHCP to computers
connected to the WLAN ports.
IP alias
See Section 7.4 on page 156
Port roles
See Section 7.5 on page 158
Finding Out More
• See Section 2.5 on page 58
• See the WLAN appendix for more detailed information on WLANs.

11.2 The WLAN Screen

Do one of the following to add a local wireless LAN to the ZyWALL. See
192 if you need to configure a 3G connection (a 3G connection is for Internet access instead of
providing a local wireless LAN).
Turn the ZyWALL off before you install or remove the wireless LAN card. See
the product specifications chapter for a table of compatible ZyXEL WLAN
cards (and the WLAN security features each card supports) and how to install
a WLAN card.
Insert a compatible wireless LAN card and enable the card in the WIRELESS > Wi-Fi screen
(see Figure 130 on page
Click NETWORK > WLAN to open the WLAN screen to configure the IP address for the
ZyWALL's WLAN interface, other TCP/IP and DHCP settings.
220
(Section 11.5 on page
for more information on DHCP.
for more information on IP alias.
for more information on port roles.
for how to install a WLAN card.
232).
226) to set a port to be part of the WLAN
Section 9.4 on page
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