ZyXEL Communications WRE6606 - Selecting an AP from an Automatically Detected List

Chapter 8 Tutorials
WRE6606 User’s Guide
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• Selecting an AP by Manually Entering Security Information - create a secure wireless
network by manually entering the AP’s wireless security settings in the WRE6606’s interface. See
Section 8.4.2 on page 50. This is useful when the AP is hidden.
8.4.1 Selecting an AP from an Automatically Detected List
This section demonstrates the procedures in Repeater mode. Follow the steps below to create a
secure wireless network by selecting an AP from a list of detected APs.
The AP select function is available both in Client mode and Repeater mode. See Section 3.1.1 on
page 19.
The instructions require that your hardware is connected (see the Quick Start Guide) and you are
logged into the Web Configurator through your LAN connection (see Section 2.2 on page 13).
1 Open the Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G or Wireless LAN 5G > AP Select screen. Select an AP
form the Select column and click Continue.
Figure 23 Tutorial: Selecting an automatically detected AP
2 Type the Wi-Fi key if wireless security is enabled on the selected AP and click Continue.
Figure 24 Tutorial: The KEY field
3 Configure the wireless settings between the WRE6606 and its wireless clients. The WRE6606
automatically copies the SSID of the associated AP and appends “.speed” to the 5GHz SSID. Click
Apply to save settings and restart the WRE6606.