60 Accessingto The Digital Receiver
9.2.1 WLAN status
A service set identifier (SSID)
is a sequence of characters that
uniquely names a wirelesslocal
area network. SSIDshows the
network accessed by the digital
receiverat the present.
There aretwo modes for Networ k type. One is infrastructure
mode and the other is ad-hoc mode. Infrastucture mode al-
lows a wirelss LAN to be integrated into an existing wired
networkthrough an access point (AP). Ad-hocs mode is used
fora simple peer-to-peer network. Thismode only allows the
sharingof local resources between wireless clients without an
AP.
TX Rate shows the transfer rate between the digital receiver
andthe AP or other wireless clients.
Channelis automatically assigned to if Networ k Typeis set to
Infratstructure.
Securityshows the encryption type specified.
IP Address,Subnet Mask and Gatewayshow the network in-
fromationspecified.
MAC Address shows the media access control address of the
digitalreceiver.