Table 29. Neighboring Access Points - D-Link DWL-8500AP - AirPremier AG Wireless Switching 108 Dualband Access Point Administrator's Manual

Table 29 describes the information provided on neighboring access points.

Table 29. Neighboring Access Points

Field Description
AP Detection To enable neighbor access point detection and collect information about
neighbor APs, click Enabled.
To disable neighbor AP detection, click Disabled.
MAC Address Shows the
Radio The Radio field indicates which radio detected the neighboring AP:
•
•
Beacon Interval Shows the
Beacon frames are transmitted by an access point at regular intervals to
announce the existence of the wireless network. The default behavior is to
send a beacon frame once every 100 milliseconds (or 10 per second).
The Beacon Interval is set on the Radio tab page. (See
Settings"
Type Indicates the type of device:
•
•
SSID The Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the access point.
The SSID is an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters that uniquely
identifies a wireless local area network. It is also referred to as the Network
Name.
The SSID is set on the VAP tab. (See
page 62.)
Privacy Indicates whether there is any security on the neighboring device.
•
•
Security is configured on the AP from the VAP page. For more information
about security settings, see
WPA Indicates whether
MAC address of the neighboring access point.
wlan0 (Radio 1 - DWL-8500AP only)
wlan1 (Radio 2)
Beacon interval being used by this access point.
on page 58.)
AP indicates the neighboring device is an access point that supports the
IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Framework
Ad hoc indicates a neighboring station running in
set 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
Networking Framework also referred to as peer-to-peer mode or an
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS).
Off indicates that the Security mode on the neighboring device is set to
"None" (no security).
On indicates that the neighboring device has some security in place.
"Configuring Access Point Security"
WPA security is "on" or "off" for this access point.
9 Viewing Access Point Status
"Configuring Radio
in Infrastructure
Ad hoc Mode. Stations
"Configuring Virtual Access Points"
Viewing Neighboring Access Points
Mode.
Wireless
on
on page 39.
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