Chapter 10 WLAN
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If you are configuring the ZyWALL from a computer connected to the wireless LAN and you
change the ZyWALL’s ESSID or security settings, you will lose your wireless connection
when you press Apply to confirm. You must then change the wireless settings of your
computer to match the ZyWALL’s new settings.
Click WIRELESS > Wi-Fi > Wireless Card to open the Wireless Card screen. The screen
varies according to the security features you select.
Figure 122 WIRELESS > Wi-Fi > Wireless Card: No Security
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 58 WIRELESS > Wi-Fi > Wireless Card: No Security
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable
Wireless Card
The wireless LAN through a wireless LAN card 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.
Wireless Card This field displays whether or not a compatible ZyXEL wireless LAN card is installed.
ESSID (Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifies the Service Set with which a
wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP)
must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII
characters) for the wireless LAN.
Bridge to Select LAN to use the wireless card as part of the LAN.
Select DMZ to use the wireless card as part of the DMZ.
Select WLAN to use the wireless card as part of the WLAN.
The ZyWALL restarts after you change the wireless card setting.
Note: If you set the wireless card to be part of the LAN or DMZ, you
can still use wireless access. The firewall will treat the wireless
card as part of the LAN or DMZ respectively.
Hide ESSID Select to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot obtain the
ESSID through scanning.
Channel ID This allows you to set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular
region. Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
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