ZyXEL Communications P-870HW-I User Manual

P-870HW-I1 User’s Guide

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

Use this screen to enable and configure WPA2-PSK encryption in your wireless network. To 
open this screen, click Network > Wireless LAN, and set Security Mode to WPA2-PSK.

Figure 53   Network > Wireless LAN > General > WPA2-PSK

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Accounting 

Server

These settings are optional.

Active

Select this to enable user accounting through an external authentication server.

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the external accounting server in dotted decimal notation.

Port Number

Enter the port number of the external accounting server. You need not change this 

value unless your network administrator instructs you to do so.

Shared Secret

Enter a password (up to 31 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared 

between the external accounting server and the ZyXEL Device. The key must be the 

same on the external accounting server. The key is not sent over the network. 

Table 41   Network > Wireless LAN > General > 802.1x + No WEP (continued)

Table 42   Network > Wireless LAN > General > WPA2-PSK

Security Mode

Select WPA2-PSK.

WPA 

Compatible

Select this if the ZyXEL Device should be able to handle WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK, 

depending on the abilities of each wireless station. This requires additional 

processing and may reduce throughput.

Pre-Shared 

Key 

Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 ASCII characters (including spaces and symbols). 

The key is case-sensitive.

ReAuthenticati

on Timer

Specify how often wireless stations have to resend usernames and passwords in 

order to stay connected. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 seconds.