ZyXEL Communications NWA3160 User Manual

 Chapter 3 Tutorial

ZyXEL NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

This example shows you how to allow certain users to access only specific parts of your 
network. You can do this by using multiple MAC filters and layer-2 isolation profiles.

In this example, you run a company network in which certain employees must wirelessly 
access secure file servers containing valuable proprietary data. 
You have two secure servers (1 and 2 in the following figure). Wireless user “Alice” (A) needs 
to access server 1 (but should not access server 2) and wireless user “Bob” (B) needs to access 
server 2 (but should not access server 1). Your ZyXEL Device is marked Z. C is a workstation 
on your wired network, D is your main network switch, and E is the security gateway you use 
to connect to the Internet. 

Figure 36   Tutorial: Example Network

1 You want to set up a wireless network to allow only Alice to access Server 1 and the 

Internet.

2 You want to set up a second wireless network to allow only Bob to access Server 2 and 

the Internet.

In this example, you have already set up the ZyXEL Device in MBSSID mode (see 

). It uses two SSID profiles simultaneously. You have configured each SSID 

profile as shown in the following table.

Table 6   Tutorial: SSID Profile Security Settings

SSID Profile Name

SSID