802.11g Wireless 4-port Router User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Copyright
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement
- ZyXEL Limited Warranty
- Customer Support
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Getting to Know Your ZyAIR
- 1.1 Introducing the ZyAIR
- 1.2 ZyAIR Features
- 1.2.1 Physical Features
- 1.2.2 Firmware Features
- 1.2.2.1 Internal RADIUS Server
- 1.2.2.2 Wi-Fi Protected Access
- 1.2.2.3 802.11b Wireless LAN Standard
- 1.2.2.4 802.11g Wireless LAN Standard
- 1.2.2.5 STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) / RSTP (Rapid STP)
- 1.2.2.6 Certificates
- 1.2.2.7 Limit the number of Client Connections
- 1.2.2.8 SSL Passthrough
- 1.2.2.9 Firewall
- 1.2.2.10 Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection
- 1.2.2.11 Wireless LAN MAC Address Filtering
- 1.2.2.12 WEP Encryption
- 1.2.2.13 IEEE 802.1X Network Security
- 1.2.2.14 Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
- 1.2.2.15 Dynamic DNS Support
- 1.2.2.16 PPPoE Support (RFC2516)
- 1.2.2.17 PPTP Encapsulation
- 1.2.2.18 Network Address Translation (NAT)
- 1.2.2.19 Traffic Redirect
- 1.2.2.20 NAT for Single-IP-address Internet Access
- 1.2.2.21 DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
- 1.2.2.22 Multicast
- 1.2.2.23 IP Alias
- 1.2.2.24 IP Policy Routing
- 1.2.2.25 SNMP
- 1.2.2.26 Full Network Management
- 1.2.2.27 Logging and Tracing
- 1.2.2.28 Diagnostics Capabilities
- 1.2.2.29 Embedded FTP and TFTP Servers
- 1.2.2.30 Wireless Association List
- 1.2.2.31 Wireless LAN Channel Usage
- 1.3 Applications for the ZyAIR
- Introducing the Web Configurator
- Wizard Setup
- System Screens
- LAN Screens
- Wireless Configuration and Roaming
- Wireless Security
- 7.1 Wireless Security Overview
- 7.2 Security Parameters Summary
- 7.3 WEP Overview
- 7.4 Configuring WEP Encryption
- 7.5 Introduction to WPA
- 7.6 Configuring WPA-PSK Authentication
- 7.7 Wireless Client WPA Supplicants
- 7.8 Configuring WPA Authentication
- 7.9 Introduction to RADIUS
- 7.10 Configuring RADIUS
- 7.11 802.1x Overview
- 7.12 Dynamic WEP Key Exchange
- 7.13 Configuring 802.1x and Dynamic WEP Key Exchange
- 7.14 Configuring 802.1x and Static WEP Key Exchange
- 7.15 Configuring 802.1x
- 7.16 MAC Filter
- Internal RADIUS Server
- WAN
- Single User Account (SUA) / Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Static Route Screens
- Remote Management Screens
- UPnP
- Firewalls
- Firewall Screens
- Content Filtering
- Certificates
- 17.1 Certificates Overview
- 17.2 Self-signed Certificates
- 17.3 Configuration Summary
- 17.4 My Certificates
- 17.5 Certificate File Formats
- 17.6 Importing a Certificate
- 17.7 Creating a Certificate
- 17.8 My Certificate Details
- 17.9 Trusted CAs
- 17.10 Importing a Trusted CA’s Certificate
- 17.11 Trusted CA Certificate Details
- Log Screens
- Maintenance
- Introducing the SMT
- General Setup
- Menu 2 WAN Setup
- LAN Setup
- Internet Access
- Remote Node Configuration
- Static Route Setup
- Dial-in User Setup
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Filter Configuration
- Enabling the Firewall
- SNMP Configuration
- System Security
- System Information and Diagnosis
- Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance
- System Maintenance and Information
- Remote Management
- Call Scheduling
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Appendix G
- Appendix H
- Appendix I
- Appendix J
- Appendix K
- Appendix L
- Index
ZyAIR G-2000 Plus User’s Guide
49 Chapter 3 Wizard Setup
3.1.4 WPA-PSK
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i security specification draft.
Key differences between WPA and WEP are user authentication and improved data
encryption.The encryption mechanisms used for WPA and WPA-PSK are the same. The only
difference between the two is that WPA-PSK uses a simple common password, instead of
user-specific credentials. The common-password approach makes WPA-PSK susceptible to
brute-force password-guessing attacks but it’s still an improvement over WEP as it employs
an easier-to-use, consistent, single, alphanumeric password.
Therefore, if you don’t have an external RADIUS server you should use WPA-PSK (WPA -
Pre-Shared Key) that only requires a single (identical) password entered into each access
point, wireless gateway and wireless client. As long as the passwords match, a client will be
granted access to a WLAN.
3.2 Wizard Setup: General Setup
General Setup contains administrative and system-related information.
The Domain Name entry is what is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave
this blank, the domain name obtained by DHCP from the ISP is used. While you must enter
the host name (System Name) on each individual computer, the domain name can be assigned
from the ZyAIR via DHCP.