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Professional Access Point

Administrator Guide

Information provided for neighbouring access points is described in the following table:

Field

Description

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.
Beacon Int.	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 Advanced menu’s Radio Settings page. (See
	“Radio” on page 129.)
Type	Indicates the type of device:
	• AP indicates the neighbouring device is an access point that supports the
	IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Framework in Infrastructure Mode.
	• Ad hoc indicates a neighbouring station running in Ad-hoc Mode. Stations 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 Wireless Network-
	ing Framework also referred to as peer-to-peermode or an Independent
	Basic Service Set (IBSS).
SSID	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 the
	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.
Privacy	Indicates whether there is any security on the neighbouring device.
	• Off indicates that the Security mode on the neighbouring device is set to
	None (no security).
	• On indicates that the neighbouring device has security in place.
	Access point security is configured on the Advanced menu’s Security page.
	For more information on security settings, see “Security” on page 101.
WPA	Indicates whether WPA security is on or off for this access point.
Band	Indicates the IEEE 802.11 mode being used on this access point (IEEE
	802.11b or IEEE 802.11g).

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