ZyXEL Communications ZyAIR B-500 User Manual

ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide 

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5.1.2

 

BSS ....................................................................................................................................5-1

 

5.1.3

 

ESS ....................................................................................................................................5-2

 

5.2

 

Wireless LAN Basics.................................................................................................................5-3

 

5.2.1

 

RTS/CTS............................................................................................................................5-3

 

5.2.2

 

Fragmentation Threshold ...................................................................................................5-4

 

5.3

 

Configuring Wireless .................................................................................................................5-5

 

5.4

 

Configuring Roaming ................................................................................................................5-6

 

5.4.1

 

Requirements for Roaming ................................................................................................5-8

 

 

6.1

 

Wireless Security Overview.......................................................................................................6-1

 

6.2

 

WEP Overview ..........................................................................................................................6-1

 

6.2.1

 

Data Encryption .................................................................................................................6-1

 

6.2.2

 

Authentication....................................................................................................................6-2

 

6.3

 

Configuring WEP Encryption....................................................................................................6-3

 

6.4

 

MAC Filter.................................................................................................................................6-4

 

6.5

 

802.1x Overview........................................................................................................................6-6

 

6.6

 

Introduction to RADIUS............................................................................................................6-6

 

6.6.1

 

EAP Authentication Overview...........................................................................................6-7

 

6.7

 

Dynamic WEP Key Exchange ...................................................................................................6-8

 

6.8

 

Introduction to Local User Database..........................................................................................6-9

 

6.9

 

Configuring 802.1x....................................................................................................................6-9

 

6.10

 

Configuring Local User Database............................................................................................6-11

 

6.11

 

Configuring RADIUS ..............................................................................................................6-13

 

 

7.1

 

Factory Ethernet Defaults ..........................................................................................................7-1

 

7.2

 

TCP/IP Parameters.....................................................................................................................7-1

 

7.2.1

 

IP Address and Subnet Mask .............................................................................................7-1

 

7.3

 

Configuring IP ...........................................................................................................................7-1

 

 

 

8.1

 

Configuring View Log...............................................................................................................8-1

 

8.2

 

Configuring Log Settings...........................................................................................................8-2

 

 

 

9.1

 

Maintenance Overview ..............................................................................................................9-1

 

9.2

 

System Status Screen .................................................................................................................9-1

 

9.2.1

 

System Statistics ................................................................................................................9-2

 

9.3

 

Wireless Screen..........................................................................................................................9-3

 

9.3.1

 

Association List .................................................................................................................9-3

 

9.3.2

 

Channel Usage ...................................................................................................................9-4

 

9.4

 

F/W Upload Screen....................................................................................................................9-6