Before You Start; The General Screen - ZyXEL Communications PMG5318-B20A User Manual

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
Finding Out More
See Section 6.9 on page 57

6.1.2 Before You Start

Before you start using these screens, ask yourself the following questions. See
page 45 if some of the terms used here are not familiar to you.
• What wireless standards do the other wireless devices in your network support (IEEE 802.11g,
for example)? What is the most appropriate standard to use?
• What security options do the other wireless devices in your network support (WPA-PSK, for
example)? What is the strongest security option supported by all the devices in your network?
• Do the other wireless devices in your network support WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)? If so, you
can set up a well-secured network very easily.
Even if some of your devices support WPS and some do not, you can use WPS to set up your
network and then add the non-WPS devices manually, although this is somewhat more
complicated to do.
• What advanced options do you want to configure, if any? If you want to configure advanced
options such as Quality of Service, ensure that you know precisely what you want to do. If you do
not want to configure advanced options, leave them as they are.

6.2 The General Screen

Use this screen to configure the wireless settings of your GPON Device. Click Network > Wireless
LAN to open the General screen.
Figure 19 Network > Wireless LAN > General
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for advanced technical information on wireless networks.
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PMG5318-B20A User's Guide