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ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR B-1000 User Manual

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ZyAIR Access Point Series User’s Guide

5-6

Wireless Configuration and Roaming

The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

Table 5-1 Wireless

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Operating Mode

Select the operating mode from the drop-down list. Options are Access Point,
Multiple ESS and Bridge.
The screen changes when you select Multiple ESS or Bridge in this field.
Refer to the Multiple ESS and VLAN chapter for more information on multiple ESS.

ESSID

(Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifies the Service Set with which a
wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP)
must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII
characters) for the wireless LAN.

If you are configuring the ZyAIR from a computer connected to

the wireless LAN and you change the ZyAIR’s ESSID or WEP

settings, you will lose your wireless connection when you

press Apply to confirm. You must then change the wireless

settings of your computer to match the ZyAIR’s new settings.

Hide ESSID

Select this check box to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station
cannot obtain the ESSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool.

Choose
Channel ID

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
To manually set the ZyAIR to use a channel, select a channel from the drop-down list
box. Click MAINTENANCE, WIRELESS and then the Channel Usage tab to open the
Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by another AP or
independent peer-to-peer wireless network.
To have the ZyAIR automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.
Refer to the Wizard Setup chapter for more information on channels.

Scan Click this button to have the ZyAIR automatically scan for and select a channel with the

least interference.

RTS/CTS
Threshold

Enter a value between 0 and 2432. The default is 2432.

Fragmentation
Threshold

Enter a value between 256 and 2432. The default is 2432. It is the maximum data
fragment size that can be sent.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

See the Wireless Security chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.