ZyXEL Communications Corporation WAC6553D-E Manuel D’Utilisation

 Chapter 8 AP Profile

NWA5000 / WAC6500 Series User’s Guide

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption scrambles all data packets transmitted between the AP 
and the wireless stations associated with it in order to keep network communications private. Both 
the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key for data encryption and 
decryption.

WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i) is a wireless security standard that defines stronger encryption, 
authentication and key management than WPA. Key differences between WPA2 and WEP are 
improved data encryption and user authentication.

The IEEE 802.1x standard outlines enhanced security methods for both the authentication of 
wireless stations and encryption key management. Authentication is done using an external 
RADIUS server. 

This screen allows you to create radio profiles for the NWA/WAC. A radio profile is a list of settings 
that an NWA/WAC can use to configure its radio transmitter(s). To access this screen click 
Configuration > Object > AP Profile.

Note: You can have a maximum of 32 radio profiles on the NWA/WAC.

Configuration > Object > AP Profile > Radio

The following table describes the labels in this screen.  

Configuration > Object > AP Profile > Radio

Add

Click this to add a new radio profile.

Edit

Click this to edit the selected radio profile.

Remove

Click this to remove the selected radio profile.