No Security - ZyXEL Communications NXC-8160 User Manual

Chapter 5 Wireless LAN
Table 14 SSID & Security (continued)
LABEL
Allow Inter-Ess
Forward
VLAN (0-4095)
Disassociation
Timeout
DTIM period
Save
Reset

5.5.1 No Security

If you do not enable any wireless security on your NXC-8160, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device within range.
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DESCRIPTION
An Extended Service Set (ESS) consists of a series of overlapping BSSs, each
containing an access point, with each access point connected together by a wired
network. This type of wireless LAN topology is called an Infrastructure WLAN.
Select Enable to allow wireless clients using different SSIDs to communicate with
each other. Traffic between them will not go through the NXC-8160.
Note: To allow Inter-ESS forwarding, you need to enable this
feature on both SSIDs. The SSIDs should also belong to the
same VLAN group if you activate VLAN.
Select Disable to stop communications between wireless clients using different
SSIDs and all traffic will go through the NXC-8160.
A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) allows a physical network to be partitioned
into multiple logical networks. Devices on a logical network belong to one group.
Specify a VLAN ID number (between 0 and 4095) to have the SSID belong to one
VLAN group. Otherwise, leave this field at its default (none).
Enter the number of seconds (from 0 to 3600) for the NXC-8160 to wait before it
automatically disconnect a wireless client from the wired network when there is no
traffic sent to or from the wireless client.
A DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) is used to tell the wireless clients in
power-saving mode that a packet is to be sent to them.
Select a DTIM period (from 1 to 5) (in beacon intervals). This indicates how many
broadcast and multicast packets can be transmitted to wireless clients between
two DTIMs.
Click Save to save your changes back to the NXC-8160. Your changes take effect
only after you click Apply in the Maintenance screen.
Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.
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