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G-470 User’s Guide

Chapter 6 Wireless Screens 61

6.4 Wireless Security Overview

Wireless security is vital to your network to protect wireless communication between wireless

stations, access points and the wired network.

The figure below shows the possible wireless security levels on your ZyXEL Device. EAP

(Extensible Authentication Protocol) is used for authentication and utilizes dynamic WEP key

exchange. It requires interaction with a RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User

Service) server either on the WAN or your LAN to provide authentication service for wireless

stations.

If you do not enable any wireless security on your ZyXEL Device, your network is accessible

to any wireless networking device that is within range.

6.5 Configuring Wireless Security

In order to configure and enable wireless security; click Wireless > Security to display the

Security screen. This screen varies according to the encryption method you select.

SSID This field displays the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of each access point. Click

on an SSID to select that wireless device.

Channel This field displays the channel number used by each access point.

Signal Strength This field displays the signal strength of each access point.

Security Mode This field displays details of the access point’s security and data encryption

settings.

Rescan Click Rescan to have the ZyXEL Device search again for available access

points.

Table 8 Wireless: the AP Survey Screen

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Table 9 Wireless Security Levels

SECURITY LEVEL SECURITY TYPE

L e a s t S e c u r e

Most Secure

Unique SSID (Default)

Unique SSID with Hide SSID Enabled

MAC Address Filtering

WEP Encryption

IEEE802.1x EAP with RADIUS Server Authentication

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

WPA2

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