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SSID
The SSID differentiates one WLAN from another,
therefore, all access points
and all devices attempting
to connect to a specific WLAN must use the same
SSID. It is case-
sensitive and must not ex ceed 32
characters.
A device will not be permitted to join th e
BSS unless it can provide the unique SSID. An SSID is
also referred to as a network name
because essentially
it is a name that identifies a wireless network.
Channel Number
The number of channels supported depends on the
region of this Access Point. All stations
communicating
with the Access Point must use the same channel.
Encryption WEP Encr yption (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is
set to
Disabled by default. W hen W
EP is enabled, data
packet is encrypted
before being transmitted. The WEP prevents
data
packets from being
eavesdropped by unrelated people.
By using WEP data encryptio
n, there may be a
significant degradati on of the data throughput on the
wireless link.
Associated Clients
Displays the total number of clients associated to this
AP. You can have up to 64 clients to associate to this
Access Point.
BSSID BSSID displays t
he ID of current BSS, which uniquely
identifies each BSS. In AP mode, this value is the MAC
address of this Access Point.
TCP/IP Configuration
IP Protocol
Display the method to get the IP of this AP, which could
be
obtained by Fixed-IP or DHCP-client.
br0 IP Address Current IP address for this Access Point
br0 Subnet Mask Current Subnet mask for this Access Point
br0 Default Gateway
Default Gateway for this Access Point
br0 MAC Address The MAC Address for this Access Point
Statistics The Statistics table shows the packets sent/received over wireless and
ethernet LAN respectively.