Chapter 4Troubleshooting - Edimax EW-7206PDg User Manual

Chapter 4
This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the
installation and operation of the Access Point.
1. How to manually find your PC's IP and MAC Address?
1) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program
2) Type Ipconfig /all and Enter
Your PC's IP address is the one entitled IP address
Your PC's MAC Address is the one entitled Physical Address
2. What is Ad-hoc?
An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN
adapter, connected as an independent wireless LAN.
3. What is Infrastructure?
An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure
configuration.
4. What is BSS ID?
A group of wireless stations and an Access Point compose a Basic
Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the
same BSSID.
5. What is ESSID?
An Infrastructure configuration could also support roaming capability for
mobile workers. More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended
Service Set (ESS). Users within an ESS could roam freely between BSSs
while maintaining a continuous connection to the wireless network
stations and the Wireless LAN Access Points.
6. Can data be intercepted while transmitting through the air?
WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as
with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, it has the inherent
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