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Chapter 10 Wireless LAN

ZyWALL 2WG User’s Guide

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Figure 90 Configuring SSID

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

10.8 Configuring Wireless Security

Click NETWORK > WIRELESS CARD > Security to open the Security screen. Use this
screen to create security profiles. A security profile is a group of configuration settings which
can be assigned to an SSID profile in the Wireless Card screen.
The screen changes when you configure a security profile and varies according to the security
modes you select.

Table 57 Configuring SSID

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Name

Enter a name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) identifying this

profile.

SSID

When a wireless client scans for an AP to associate with, this is the name that

is broadcast and seen in the wireless client utility.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the

wireless LAN.

Hide SSID

Select Disable if you want the ZyWALL to broadcast this SSID (a wireless

client scanning for an AP will find this SSID). Alternatively, select Enable to

have the ZyWALL hide this SSID (a wireless client scanning for an AP will not

find this SSID).

Security

Select a security profile to use with this SSID profile. See

Section 10.8 on

page 188

for more information.

RADIUS

This displays N/A if the security profile you selected does not use RADIUS

authentication. See

Section 10.8 on page 188

for more information.

This displays Radius Configuration if you select a security profile that uses

RADIUS authentication. Click Radius Configuration to go to the RADIUS

screen where you can view and/or change the RADIUS settings.
See

Section 16.3 on page 325

for more information.

Enable MAC Filtering

Select Enable from the drop down list box to activate MAC address filtering.

Apply

Click Apply to save your customized settings and exit this screen.

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.