ZyXEL Communications Corporation WAP6906 Manuel D’Utilisation
Chapter 8 Wireless LAN
WAP6906 User’s Guide
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Figure 24 Networking > Wireless Network 5G/2.4G > Basic
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 14 Networking > Wireless Network 5G/2.4G > Basic
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Radio Enable
Click the check box to activate the wireless LAN.
Network
Name(SSID)
Name(SSID)
The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless station is associated. Wireless stations
associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32
printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32
printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
Broadcast SSID
Select this to have the WAP6906 broadcast the SSID in the area. If it is disabled the WAP6906 does
not broadcast the SSID.
not broadcast the SSID.
Channel
Selection
Selection
Select the operating channel for the WAP6906 and its wireless clients. The options vary
depending on the frequency band and the country you are in.
depending on the frequency band and the country you are in.
Select Auto and the WAP6906 selects a channel automatically.
Select Smart Channel Selection (SCS), and the WAP6906 decides to switch channels, monitors
several channels and chooses the one with higher capacity.
several channels and chooses the one with higher capacity.
Current
Channel
Channel
This displays the channel the WAP6906 is currently using.
Encryption
Select the data encryption method the WAP6906 uses.
Select WPA2-AES or WPA2 + WPA (mixed mode) to add security on this wireless network. The
wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have same wireless security settings
as this device. Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without
authentication.
wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have same wireless security settings
as this device. Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without
authentication.
Pre-Shared Key
Enter the password that lets you connect to the WAP6906. Your password should be in a string of
ASCII characters between 8 and 63 or hexadecimal characters between 8 and 64.
ASCII characters between 8 and 63 or hexadecimal characters between 8 and 64.
Group Key
Update Timer
Update Timer
The Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the WAP6906 sends a new group key out to
clients.
clients.
Apply
Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAP6906.
Cancel
Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.