ZyXEL Communications P-661HNU-Fx User Manual

Chapter 6 Wireless

ADSL Series User’s Guide

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Network > Wireless LAN > General

Wireless Network Setup

Wireless

Select the Enable Wireless LAN check box to activate the wireless LAN.

Wireless Network Settings

Wireless 
Network Name 
(SSID)

The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless device is 
associated. Wireless devices associating to the access point (AP) must have the same 
SSID. 

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for the wireless LAN. 

Hide SSID

Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot 
obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.

BSSID

This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the ZyXEL Device when wireless 
LAN is enabled.

Mode Select

This makes sure that only compliant WLAN devices can associate with the ZyXEL Device.

Select 802.11b/g/n to allow IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and IEEE802.11n compliant 
WLAN devices to associate with the ZyXEL Device. The transmission rate of your ZyXEL 
Device might be reduced.

Select 802.11b/g to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN devices 
to associate with the ZyXEL Device. The transmission rate of your ZyXEL Device might be 
reduced.

Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate 
with the ZyXEL Device. Select 802.11n only in 2.4G band to allow only IEEE 802.11n 
compliant WLAN devices with the same frequency range (2.4 GHz) to associate with the 
ZyXEL Device.

Channel 
Selection

Set the channel depending on your particular region.

Select a channel or use Auto to have the ZyXEL Device automatically determine a channel 
to use. If you are having problems with wireless interference, changing the channel may 
help. Try to use a channel that is as many channels away from any channels used by 
neighboring APs as possible. The channel number which the ZyXEL Device is currently 
using then displays in the Operating Channel field.

Scan

Click this button to have the ZyXEL Device immediately scan for and select a channel 
(which is not used by another device) whenever the device reboots or the wireless setting 
is changed.

Operating 
Channel

This is the channel currently being used by your AP.

Security Level

Security Mode

Select Basic or More Secure to add security on this wireless network. The wireless clients 
which want to associate to this network must have same wireless security settings as the 
ZyXEL Device. When you select to use a security, additional options appears in this screen.

Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without any 
data encryption or authentication.

See the following sections for more details about wireless security modes.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.

Cancel

Click Cancel to restore your previously saved settings.