ZyXEL Communications NBG-416N User Manual

 Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

NBG-416N User’s Guide

Use this screen to choose an access point that you want the NBG-416N (in 
universal repeater or client bridge mode) to connect to. You should know the 
security settings of the target AP.

To open this screen, click Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select tab.

Figure 60   Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 37   Network > Wireless LAN > AP Select

Select

Use the radio button to select the wireless device to which you want to 
connect.  

SSID

This displays the Service Set IDentity of the wireless device. The SSID 
is a unique name that identifes a wireless network. All devices in a 
wireless network must use the same SSID.

BSSID

This displays the MAC address of the wireless device.

Channel 

This displays the channel number used by this wireless device.

Mode

This displays which IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless networking standards 
the wireless device supports.

Security Mode

This displays the type of security configured on the wireless device. 
OPEN means no security is configured and you can connect to it 
without a password.

Strength

This displays the strength of the wireless signal. The signal strength 
mainly depends on the antenna output power and the distance between 
your NBG-416N and this device.

Refresh

Click this button to search for available wireless devices within 
transmission range and update this table.

Connect

Click this button to associate to the selected wireless device.