ZyXEL Communications P-335WT User Manual

P-335 Series User’s Guide

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Chapter 3 Connection Wizard

Figure 20   Connection Wizard: Wireless LAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 12   Connection Wizard: Wireless LAN

Name(SSID)

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless 

LAN. 
If you change this field on the Prestige, make sure all wireless stations use the same 

SSID in order to access the network. 

Channel 

Selection

The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11b/g wireless devices is called a 

channel. Select a channel ID that is not already in use by a neighboring device.

Security

Select a Security level from the drop-down list box.
Choose Auto to use WPA-PSK security with a default Pre-Shared Key and only if your 

wireless clients support WPA-PSK. If you choose this option, skip directly to section 

Choose None to have no wireless LAN security configured. If you do not enable any 

wireless security on your Prestige, your network is accessible to any wireless 

networking device that is within range. If you choose this option, skip directly to section 

Choose Basic security if you want to configure WEP Encryption parameters. If you 

choose this option, go directly to section 

.

Choose Extend (WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK) security to configure a Pre-Shared Key. 

Choose this option only if your wireless clients support WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK 

respectively. If you choose this option, skip directly to section 

. 

Back

Click Back to display the previous screen.

Next

Click Next to proceed to the next screen. 

Note: The wireless stations and Prestige must use the same SSID, channel ID and 
WEP encryption key (if WEP is enabled), WPA-PSK (if WPA-PSK is enabled) or 
WPA2-PSK (if WPA2-PSK is enabled) for wireless communication.

Choose Basic(WEP) to setup WEP Encryption parameters.