ZyXEL Communications ZyAIR B-500 User Manual

 

ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide 

LAN Setup 

 

12-3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table describes the fields in this menu. 

ESSID

 

The ESSID (Extended Service Set IDentity) identifies the AP to which the 
wireless stations associate. Wireless stations associating to the AP must have 
the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name of up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII 
characters.

 

Wireless 

Hide ESSID 

Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes to hide the ESSID in the outgoing data 
frame so an intruder cannot obtain the ESSID through passive scanning.   

Channel ID 

 

Press [SPACE BAR] to select a channel. This allows you to set the operating 
frequency/channel depending on your particular region. 

2412MHz 

RTS 
Threshold

 

Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. Enter a value 
between 0 and 2432. 

Frag. 
Threshold 

 

This is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a value 
between 256 and 2432.

 

2432 

WEP 
Encryption

 

Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access 
points without any data encryption.  
Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption. 

 

Disable 

 

                          Menu 3.5 - Wireless LAN Setup 

 

          ESSID= Wireless 
          Hide ESSID= No                  Edit MAC Address Filter= No 

          Channel ID= CH06 2437MHz        Edit Roaming Configuration= No 

          RTS Threshold= 2432             Block Intra-BSS Traffic= No 

          Frag. Threshold= 2432           Number of Associated Stations= 32 

          WEP Encryption= 64-bit WEP      Output Power= 17dBm 

            Default Key= 1                Preamble= Long 
            Key1= ******** 

            Key2= ******** 

            Key3= ******** 

            Key4= ******** 

            Authen. Method= Auto 

 
 

 

 

                    Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel: 

Press Space Bar to Toggle.