Wireless LAN

LabelDescription
Enable Wireless LANThe wireless LAN is turned off by default, before you enable the wireless LAN you should configure some security by setting MAC filters and/or 802.1x security; otherwise your wireless LAN will be vulnerable upon enabling it. Select the check box to enable the wireless LAN.
802.11 Mode

Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devices to associate with the Prestige.

Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the Prestige.

Select Mixed to allow either IEEE802.11b or IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the Prestige. The transmission rate of your Prestige might be reduced.

Enable Wireless g+Select this checkbox to allow any ZyXEL WLAN devices that support this feature to associate with the Prestige at higher transmission speeds. This permits the Prestige to transmit at a higher speed than the 802.11g Only mode.
ESSID

The ESSID (Extended Service Set Identification) is a unique name to identify the Prestige in the wireless LAN. Wireless clients associating to the Prestige must have the same ESSID.

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 characters).

Hide ESSID

Select Yes to hide the ESSID in so a station can not obtain the ESSID through passive scanning.
Select No to make the ESSID visible so a station can obtain the ESSID through passive scanning.
Channel ID

The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11b wireless devices is called a channel.

Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

RTS/CTS Threshold

The RTS (Request To Send) threshold (number of bytes) for enabling RTS/CTS handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC service data unit) size turns off the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake.

Enter a value between 0 and 2432, if 802.11g+ enable,it should be 4096.

Fragmentation Threshold

The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent.

Enter a value between 256 and 2432, if 802.11g+ enable,it should be 4096.

Passphrase

Enter a "passphrase" (password phrase) of up to 63 case-sensitive printable characters and click Generate to have the Prestige create four different WEP keys.

Generate

After you enter the passphrase, click Generate to have the Prestige generate four different WEP keys automatically.

WEP Encryption

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless network.

Select Disable to allow all wireless computers to communicate with the access points without any data encryption.

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to use data encryption.

Key 1 to Key 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige and the wireless stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission.

If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time. The default key is key 1.

BackClick Back to go to the main wireless LAN setup screen.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.
CancelClick Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.