ZyXEL Communications NWA1000 Series - Rogue AP

Chapter 10 Wireless
NWA1000 Series User’s Guide
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10.3 Rogue AP
Use this screen to assign APs either to the rogue AP list or the friendly AP list. A rogue AP is a wireless
access point operating in a network’s coverage area that is not under the control of the network
administrator, and which can potentially open up holes in a network’s security.
Click Configuration > Wireless > Rogue AP to access this screen.
Radio 2 Profile This displays if the NWA1000 Series has a second radio. Select the radio profile the radio
uses.
Note: You can only apply a 5G AP radio profile to radio 2. Otherwise, the second
radio will not be working.
Radio 2 WDS Profile This field is available only when the radio is in Root AP or Repeater mode.
Select the WDS profile the radio uses to connect to a root AP or repeater.
Uplink Selection
Mode
This field is available only when the radio is in Repeater mode.
Select AUTO to have the NWA1000 Series automatically use the settings in the applied WDS
profile to connect to a root AP or repeater.
Select Manual to have the NWA1000 Series connect to the root AP or repeater with tbe
MAC address specified in the Radio 2 Uplink MAC Address field.
Max Output Power Enter the maximum output power (between 0 to 30 dBm) of the NWA1000 Series in this field.
If there is a high density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA1000
Series to reduce interference with other APs.
Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA1000 Series’s effective
broadcast radius.
MBSSID Settings
Edit Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify the
entry’s settings. In some tables you can just click a table entry and edit it directly in the
table. For those types of tables small red triangles display for table entries with changes that
you have not yet applied.
# This field shows the index number of the SSID
SSID Profile This field shows the SSID profile that is associated with the radio profile.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NWA1000 Series.
Reset Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.
Table 33 Configuration > Wireless > AP Management (continued)
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