Chapter 9 Wireless
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9.2.1 No Security
Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any data
encryption or authentication.
Note: If you do not enable any WiFi security on your Zyxel Device, your network is accessible to
any wireless networking device that is within range.
Figure 108 Wireless > General: No Security
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
9.2.2 More Secure (Recommended)
The WPA-PSK (WiFi Protected Access-Pre-Shared Key) security mode provides both improved data
encryption and user authentication over WEP. Using a pre-shared key, both the Zyxel Device and the
connecting client share a common password in order to validate the connection. This type of
encryption, while robust, is not as strong as WPA, WPA2 or even WPA2-PSK. The WPA2-PSK security mode
is a more robust version of the WPA encryption standard. It offers better security, although the use of PSK
makes it less robust than it could be.
The WPA3-SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals handshake) security mode protects against
dictionary attacks (password guessing attempts). It improves security by requiring a new encryption key
every time a WPA3 connection is made. A handshake is the communication between the Zyxel Device
and a connecting client at the beginning of a WiFi session.
Security Level
Security Mode Select More Secure (Recommended) to add security on this WiFi network. The WiFi clients which
want to associate to this network must have same WiFi security settings as the Zyxel Device.
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.
Cancel Click Cancel to restore your previously saved settings.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes.
Table 55 Network Setting > Wireless > General (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 56 Wireless > General: No Security
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Security Level Choose No Security to allow all WiFi connections without data encryption or authentication.
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