ZyXEL Communications PMG5318-B20B - Wireless Security

Chapter 19 Wireless
PMG5318-B20B User’s Guide
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19.2 Wireless Security
Click Wireless > Security to open the Security screen. Set Network Authentication to Open
to allow wireless stations to communicate with the GPON Device without any data encryption or
authentication.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your GPON Device, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
Table 66 Wireless Basic
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable Wireless Select this check box to activate the wireless LAN.
Enable Wireless
Hotspot 2.0
Select this check box to turn on a public hotspot for the ISP’s mobile clients. The ISP
configures and controls this public hotspot.
Hide Access Point Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
Clients Isolation Select this to keep the wireless clients in this SSID from communicating with each other
directly through the GPON Device.
Disable WMM
Advertise
WMM (Wifi MultiMedia) automatically prioritizes services according to the ToS value in the
IP header of packets. Turn off WMM if your wireless clients are not able to associate with
an AP using WMM.
Enable Wireless
Multicast
Forwarding
(WMF)
Select this check box to have the GPON Device convert wireless multicast traffic (IGMP
version 2 or 3) into wireless unicast traffic to reduce the traffic load. This function can
improve the transmission quality of video services (for example, IPTV).
SSID Enter a descriptive name for the wireless LAN.
BSSID This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the Device when wireless LAN is
enabled.
Max Clients Set a limit for how many wireless clients can connect to the GPON Device at a time.
Wireless Guest/
Virtual Access
Points
Use this section to enable and configure multiple wireless networks on the GPON Device.
Enabled Select this to activate the wireless network.
SSID The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a wireless device is
associated. Wireless devices 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.
Hidden Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
Isolate Clients Select this to isolate wireless clients from accessing others in the same wireless network.
Enable WMF Select this check box to improve the wireless transmission quality for multicast frames. It
is recommended to select this for video streaming application.
Max Clients Set a limit for how many wireless clients can connect to the wireless network at a time.
BSSID This shows the MAC address of the wireless network on the Device when the wireless
network is enabled.
Apply/Save Click this button to save your changes.