ZyXEL Communications 2602HW Series User Manual

Prestige 2602HW Series User’s Guide

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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN Setup

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the Prestige to give exclusive access to up to 
32 devices (Allow Association) or exclude up to 32 devices from accessing the Prestige (Deny 
Association). Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The 
MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for 
example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC address of the devices to configure 
this screen.

To change your Prestige’s MAC filter settings, click Wireless LAN, MAC Filter to open the 
MAC Filter screen. The screen appears as shown.

WEP Encryption

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the 

wireless network. 
Select Disable to allow all wireless computers to communicate with the access 

points without any data encryption. 
Select 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP or 256-bit WEP to use data encryption. 

Key 1 to Key 4 

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige 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").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal 

characters ("0-9", "A-F"). 
If you chose 256-bit WEP, then enter 29 ASCII characters or 58 hexadecimal 

characters ("0-9", "A-F").
The values for the WEP keys must be set up exactly the same on all wireless 

devices in the same wireless LAN.
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 go to the main wireless LAN setup screen. 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige. 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Table 14   Wireless LAN (continued)