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P-870HW-51a v2 User’s Guide

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Wireless LAN

7.1 Overview

This chapter describes how to perform tasks related to setting up and optimizing
your wireless network, including the following.

• Turning the wireless connection on or off.
• Configuring a name, wireless channel and security for the network.
• Using WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) to configure your wireless network.
• Using a MAC (Media Access Control) address filter to restrict access to the

wireless network.

See

Chapter 2 on page 25

for a tutorial showing how to set up your wireless

connection in an example scenario.

See

Section 7.9 on page 94

for advanced technical information on wireless

networks.

7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

This chapter describes the ZyXEL Device’s Network > Wireless LAN screens.
Use these screens to set up your ZyXEL Device’s wireless connection.

• The General screen lets you turn the wireless connection on or off, set up

wireless security and make other basic configuration changes (

Section 7.4 on

page 82

).

• Use the WPS screen and the WPS Station screen to use WiFi Protected Setup

(WPS). WPS lets you set up a secure network quickly, when connecting to other

WPS-enabled devices.
Use the WPS screen (see

Section 7.5 on page 89

) to enable or disable WPS,

generate a security PIN (Personal Identification Number) and see information

about the ZyXEL Device’s WPS status.
Use the WPS Station (see

Section 7.6 on page 91

) screen to set up WPS by

pressing a button or using a PIN.

• The MAC Filter screen lets you configure the MAC filter to allow or block access

to the ZyXEL Device based on the MAC addresses of the wireless stations

(

Section 7.7 on page 91

).