ZyXEL Communications Parental Control Gateway HS100/HS100W User Manual
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HomeSafe User’s Guide
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Menu 3 LAN Setup
Table 20-4 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup
FIELD DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
AP must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name of up to 32
printable 7-bit ASCII characters.
Hide ESSID
Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes to hide the ESSID in the
outgoing data frame so an intruder cannot obtain the ESSID through
passive scanning.
No
Channel ID
Press [SPACE BAR] to select a channel. This allows you to set the
operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
CH06 2437MHz
RTS
Threshold
Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. Enter
a value between 0 and 2432.
2432
Frag.
Threshold
This is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a
value between 256 and 2432.
2432
WEP
Encryption
Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the
access points without any data encryption.
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
Disable
Default Key
Enter the key number (1 to 4) in this field. Only one key can be
enabled at any one time. This key must be the same on the
HomeSafe and the wireless stations to communicate.
1
Key 1 to Key
4
The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the HomeSafe and the
wireless stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter
any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter
13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
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Enter “0x” before the key to
denote a hexadecimal key. Don’t
enter “0x” before the key to
denote an ASCII key.
0x12345abcde
Authen.
Method
Press [SPACE BAR] to select Auto, Open System Only or Shared
Key Only and press [ENTER].
This field is N/A if WEP is not activated.
If WEP encryption is activated, the default setting is Auto.
Auto
Edit MAC
Address Filter
Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to proceed to
a MAC address filter configuration screen.
Edit Roaming
Configuration
Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to proceed to
a roaming configuration screen.
Preamble
Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are
Long, Short and Dynamic. The default setting is Dynamic.
See the section on preamble for more information.
Long