ZyXEL Communications VMG5313-B10A/ VMG5313-B30A User Manual

Chapter 7 Wireless

VMG5313-B10A/-B30A Series User’s Guide

Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any 
data encryption or authentication.

Control 
Sideband

This is available for some regions when you select a specific channel and set the Bandwidth 
field to 40MHz. Set whether the control channel (set in the Channel field) should be in the 
Lower or Upper range of channel bands.

Passphrase 
Type

If you set security for the wireless LAN and have the VMG generate a password, the setting 
in this field determines how the VMG generates the password.

Select None to set the VMG’s password generation to not be based on a passphrase. 

Select Fixed to use a 16 character passphrase for generating a password.

Select Variable to use a 16 to 63 character passphrase for generating a password.

Passphrase Key For a fixed type passphrase enter 16 alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, with no spaces). It 

must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.

For a variable type passphrase enter 16 to 63 alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, with no 
spaces). It must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.

Wireless Network Settings

Wireless 
Network Name 
(SSID)

The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless device is 
associated. Wireless devices associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID. 

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for the wireless LAN. 

Max clients

Specify the maximum number of clients that can connect to this network at the same time.

Hide SSID

Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot 
obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.

Enhanced 
Multicast 
Forwarding 

Select this check box to allow the VMG to convert wireless multicast traffic into wireless 
unicast traffic.

Maximum 
Upstream 
Bandwidth

Specify the maximum rate for upstream wireless traffic to the WAN from this WLAN in 
kilobits per second (Kbps).

Maximum 
Downstream 
Bandwidth

Specify the maximum rate for downstream wireless traffic to this WLAN from the WAN in 
kilobits per second (Kbps).

BSSID

This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the VMG when wireless LAN is 
enabled.

Security Level

Security Mode

Select Basic (WEP, 802.1X) or More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK) to add security on this 
wireless network. The wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have 
same wireless security settings as the VMG. When you select to use a security, additional 
options appears in this screen. 

Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without any data 
encryption or authentication.

See the following sections for more details about this field.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes.

Cancel

Click Cancel to restore your previously saved settings.

Network Setting > Wireless > General (continued)