ZyXEL Communications G-2000 Plus User Manual

ZyAIR G-2000 Plus User’s Guide

Chapter 3 Wizard Setup

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Figure 7   Wizard 3: Wireless LAN Setup: Basic Security

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 5   Wizard 3: Wireless LAN Setup: Basic Security

Passphrase

You can generate or manually enter a WEP key by either:
Entering a Passphrase (up to 32 printable characters) and clicking Generate. The 

Prestige automatically generates a WEP key.
Or
Entering a manual key in a Key field and selecting ASCII or Hex WEP key input 

method.

WEP 

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. 

Key 1 to Key 4  The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the ZyAIR 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 

characters ("0-9", "A-F").
ZyAIRIf 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 time. 

The default key is key 1.

Back

Click Back to display the previous screen.

Next

Click Next to proceed to the next screen. 

Choose Extend (WPA-PSK) security in the Wireless LAN Setup screen to set up a Pre-
Shared Key.