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License File
MAC Address
Management Information Base (MIB)
Network Name
Pass Phrase
Phy Errors
Port Number
Probe Request
Probe Response
Device Management Guide
L
A license file is used to enable certain features of the unit. The unit already has
a license file when it is shipped. When more features become available, you
can purchase a license file and download it to the unit to enable these
additional features.
M
A MAC (Media Access Control) address is a globally unique network device
address, which is hardware bound. It is used to identify a network device in a
LAN. A MAC address is represented by six two-digit hexadecimal numbers (0 -
9 and A - F) separated by colons: for example 00:02:2D:47:1F:71 and
00:D0:AB:00:01:AC.
A Management Information Base (MIB) is a formal description of a set of
network objects that can be managed with the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP). A MIB can be loaded by a management application so that it
knows the unit specific objects.
N
Unique name to identify a wireless network. The devices in a pair should have
a same network name.
P
A text string used for WPA security on a wireless network. A passphrase may
contain up to 8 to 64 alphanumeric characters, including spaces and other
special characters.
Physical errors represents number of frames received by the radio with data
errors. High number of Phy errors indicates the interference in the wireless
medium or low signal level.
TCP and UDP provide an address mechanism, the port number, for identifying
different applications communicating from the same IP address. Thus an
active Web browser and an independently active mail program operating
from the same IP location would typically use different port numbers so that
packets are correctly delivered to specific applications.
A wireless client sends a probe request frame when it needs to obtain
information from another wireless client or an access point. For example, a
radio NIC would send a probe request to determine which access points are
within range.
A wireless client or an access point will respond to the probe request with a
probe response frame, containing capability information, supported data
rates, etc.
D Glossary
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