Chapter 7 Wireless
EX5501-B0 / AX7501-B0 / PX7501-B0 User’s Guide
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The following table describes the fields in this screen.
Table 26 Network Setting > Wireless > Guest/More AP > Edit
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Wireless Network Setup
Wireless
Click this switch to enable
or disable WiFi in this field. When the switch turns blue
, the
function is enabled; otherwise, it is not.
Security Level
Wireless
Network Name
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 English keyboard characters) for WiFi.
Hide SSID
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.
Guest WLAN
Select this to create Guest WiFis for home and external clients. Select the WiFi type in the
Access
Scenario
field.
Access Scenario If you select
Home Guest
, clients can connect to each other directly.
If you select
External Guest
, clients are blocked from connecting to each other directly.
Max. Upstream
Bandwidth
Specify the maximum rate for upstream wireless traffic to the WAN from this wireless LAN in
kilobits per second (Kbps).
Max.
Downstream
Bandwidth
Specify the maximum rate for downstream wireless traffic to this wireless LAN from the WAN in
kilobits per second (Kbps).
BSSID
This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the Zyxel Device when WiFi is enabled.
SSID Subnet
Click on this switch to
Enable
this function if you want the wireless network interface to assign
DHCP IP addresses to the associated wireless clients.
This option cannot be used if the WPS function is enabled in the
Network Setting
>
Wireless
>
WPS
screen or if the
Keep the same settings for 2.4G and 5G wireless networks
check box is selected
in
Network Setting
>
Wireless > General
.
DHCP Start
Address
Specify the first of the contiguous addresses in the DHCP IP address pool.
The Zyxel Device assigns IP addresses from this DHCP pool to wireless clients connecting to the
SSID.
DHCP End
Address
Specify the last of the contiguous addresses in the DHCP IP address pool.
SSID Subnet
Mask
Specify the subnet mask of the Zyxel Device for the SSID subnet.
LAN IP
Address
Specify the IP address of the Zyxel Device for the SSID subnet.
Security Level
Select
More Secure (Recommended)
to add security on this wireless network. The wireless clients
which want to associate to this network must have the same wireless security settings as the Zyxel
Device. After 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
for more details about this field.
Security Mode
Select
WPA2-PSK
from the drop-down list box.
Generate
password
automatically
Select this option to have the Zyxel Device automatically generate a password. The password
field will not be configurable when you select this option.
