Professional Access Point
Administrator Guide
The following table explains the details shown about the selected AP.
Field
Description
SSID | Shows the Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the access point. |
| The SSID is an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters that uniquely identi- |
| fies a wireless local area network. It is also referred to as the Network Name. |
| The SSID is set in Basic Settings. (See “Basic Settings” on page 35) or on |
| Advanced menu’s Wireless Settings page (see “Wireless Settings” on |
| page 97.) |
| A Guest network and an Internal network running on the same access point |
| must always have two different network names. |
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MAC Address | Shows the MAC address of the neighbouring access point. |
| A MAC address is a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a |
| network. |
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Channel | Shows the channel on which the access point is currently broadcasting. |
| The Channel defines the portion of the radio spectrum that the radio uses for |
| transmitting and receiving. |
| The channel is set on the Advanced menu’s Radio Settings page. (See “Radio” |
| on page 129.) |
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Rate | Shows the rate (in megabits per second) at which this access point is currently |
| transmitting. |
| The current rate will always be one of the rates shown in Supported Rates. |
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Signal | Indicates the strength of the radio signal emitting from this access point as |
| measured in decibels (Db). |
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Beacon Interval | Shows the Beacon interval being used by this access point. |
| Beacon frames are transmitted by an access point at regular intervals to |
| announce the existence of the wireless network. The default behaviour is to |
| send a beacon frame once every 100 milliseconds (or 10 per second). |
| The beacon Interval is set on the Advanced menu’s Radio Settings page. (See |
| “Radio” on page 129.) |
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Beacon Age | Shows the date and time of the most recent beacon transmission from the |
| access point. |
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