US Robotics Instant802 APSDK Administrator's Manual page 86

Information provided for neighbouring access points is described in the following table:
Field
MAC Address
Beacon Int.
Type
SSID
Privacy
WPA
Band
Description
Shows the MAC address of the neighbouring access point.
A MAC address is a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a
network.
Shows the Beacon interval being used by this access point.
Beacon frames are transmitted by an access point at regular intervals to
announce the existence of the wireless network. The default behaviour is to
send a beacon frame once every 100 milliseconds (or 10 per second).
The Beacon Interval is set on Advanced menu's Radio Settings page. (See
"Radio" on page 129.)
Indicates the type of device:
AP
• indicates the neighbouring device is an access point that supports the
IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Framework
• Ad hoc indicates a neighbouring station running in
to ad-hoc mode communicate with each other directly, without the use of a
traditional access point. Ad-hoc mode is an IEEE 802.11
ing Framework also referred to as peer-to-peer mode or an Independent
Basic Service Set (IBSS).
The Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the access point.
The SSID is an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters that uniquely identi-
fies a wireless local area network. It is also referred to as the Network Name.
The SSID is set in Basic Settings (see "Basic Settings" on page 35) or on the
Advanced menu's Wireless Settings page (see "Wireless Settings" on
page 97).
A Guest network and an Internal network running on the same access point
must always have two different network names.
Indicates whether there is any security on the neighbouring device.
• Off indicates that the Security mode on the neighbouring device is set to
None (no security).
• On indicates that the neighbouring device has security in place.
Access point security is configured on the Advanced menu's Security page.
For more information on security settings, see "Security" on page 101.
Indicates whether WPA security is on or off for this access point.
Indicates the IEEE 802.11 mode being used on this access point (IEEE
802.11b or IEEE 802.11g).
Professional Access Point
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