ZyXEL Communications P-870HW-51a v2 User Manual

Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

P-870HW-51a v2 User’s Guide

Use this screen to configure and enable WPA or WPA2 authentication; click the 
Wireless LAN link under Network to display the General screen. Select WPA or 
WPA2 from the Security Mode list.

Figure 43   Wireless LAN > General: WPA(2)

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

Table 21   Wireless LAN > General: WPA(2)

Security Mode

Choose WPA or WPA2 from the drop-down list box.

Active 
Compatible

This field is only available for WPA2. Select this if you want the ZyXEL 
Device to support WPA and WPA2 simultaneously.

WPA Encryption

Select the encryption type (TKIP or AES) for data encryption.

WPA2 
Preauthenticatio
n

This field is available only when you select WPA2.

Pre-authentication enables fast roaming by allowing the wireless client 
(already connecting to an AP) to perform IEEE 802.1x authentication 
with another AP before connecting to it. Select Enabled to turn on 
preauthentication in WAP2. Otherwise, select Disabled.