ZyXEL Communications G-1000 User Manual
G-1000 User’s Guide
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Chapter 4 Wizard Setup
Figure 8 Wizard 2: Wireless LAN Setup
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 6 Wizard 2: Wireless LAN Setup
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Wireless LAN Setup
WLAN Adaptor
Select Built-in from the drop down list box to configure your G-1000 using the
internal WLAN card. Select Removable from the drop down list box to
configure your G-1000 using a WLAN card adaptor using the extension card
slot.
Note: This field is only available when you have an external
wireless card inserted in the G-1000.
wireless card inserted in the G-1000.
ESSID
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the
wireless LAN.
If you change this field on the G-1000, make sure all wireless stations use the
If you change this field on the G-1000, make sure all wireless stations use the
same Name (ESSID) in order to access the network.
Choose Channel ID
To manually set the G-1000 to use a channel, select a channel from the drop-
down list box. Open the Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is
not already used by another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.
To have the G-1000 automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.
To have the G-1000 automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.
Scan
Click this button to have the G-1000 automatically scan for and select a
channel with the least interference.
WEP Encryption
Select Disable allows all wireless computers to communicate with the access
points without any data encryption.
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to allow data encryption.
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to allow data encryption.
ASCII
Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys.
Hex
Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP keys.
The preceding 0x is entered automatically.
The preceding 0x is entered automatically.
Key 1 to Key 4
The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the G-1000 and the wireless
stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one
You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one
time. The default key is key 1.