Chapter 8 Wireless Lan Security Setup; Introduction To Wireless Lan Security; Levels Of Security; Figure 8-1 Zywall Wireless Security Levels - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyWALL 2WE User Manual

This chapter describes the types of security you can enable on the ZyWALL. Wireless LAN is
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Introduction to Wireless LAN Security

Wireless security is vital to your network to protect wireless communication between wireless clients, access
points and other wireless. Use the web configurator to configure your ZyWALL's wireless LAN security
settings. Refer to the Introducing the Web Configurator chapter for details on how to access and navigate the
web configurator
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Levels of Security

The figure below shows the possible wireless security levels on your ZyWALL. The highest security level is
EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) authentication. It requires interaction with a RADIUS (Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service) server either on the WAN or your LAN to provide authentication
service for wireless clients.
If you do not enable any wireless security on your ZyWALL, your network is accessible to any wireless
networking device that is within range.
Use the ZyWALL web configurator to configurator to set up your wireless LAN security settings. Refer to
the chapter on using the ZyWALL web configurator to see how to access the web configurator.
Wireless LAN Security Setup
Wireless LAN Security Setup

Figure 8-1 ZyWALL Wireless Security Levels

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