ZyXEL Communications 100-NH User Manual

NWA1000 Series User’s Guide

This chapter first provides an overview of how to configure the wireless LAN on your NWA, and then 
gives step-by-step guidelines showing how to configure your NWA for some example scenarios. 

This section illustrates how to choose which wireless operating mode to use on the NWA and how to 
set up the wireless LAN in each wireless mode. See 

 for links to more 

information on each step.

• Use MBSSID (Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier) operating mode if you want to use the NWA 

as an access point with some groups of users having different security or QoS settings from other 
groups of users. See 

 for details.

• Use Client operating mode if you want to use the NWA to access a wireless network. See 

 for details.

• Use Root AP operating mode if you want to allow wireless clients to access your wired network 

through the NWA and also have repeaters communicate with the NWA to expand wireless 
coverage. See 

 for details.

• Use Repeater operating mode if you want to use the NWA to communicate with the root AP or 

 for details.

Use these links to find more information on the steps:

• Choosing 802.11 Mode: see 

• Choosing a wireless Channel ID: see 

.

• Choosing a Security mode: see 

• Configuring an external RADIUS server: see 

.

• Configuring MAC Filtering: see 

.

In this example, you have been using your NWA as an access point for your office network. Now 
your network is expanding and you want to make use of the MBSSID feature (see