Terminology Used in this Guide
BSSID, MAC ID
The BSSID (Basic Service Set ID) is a factory-set ID unique to each wireless product. It is identical to the MAC ID (Media Access Control ID). It allows each wireless product to be identified on the wireless network.
ESSID
An Extended Service Set ID (often referred to as Service Set ID, or SSID) identifies the wireless LAN domain that an AP is in. A domain is generally composed of wireless APs you are most likely to communicate with. You can type an existing domain name or create a new one that contains up to 32 characters.
Regulatory Domain
11-Mbps wireless products use the license-free ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) band to communicate through radio waves. Different countries offer different radio frequencies to be used as the ISM band. There are four frequency bands defined by IEEE 802.11: Japan (2.471 to 2.497 GHz), USA, Extended Japan, Canada, and Europe (2.4 to 2.4835 GHz), Spain (2.445 to 2.475 GHz), and France (2.4465 to 2.4835 GHz). To use 11-Mbps wireless products in a country not listed above, check with your government’s regulating body to find the correct frequency band to use. All wireless products are supplied preset to the country of sale’s frequency band.
WEP
WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It is an encryption scheme that provides secure wireless data communications. WEP uses a 40-bit or 128-bit key to encrypt data. In order to decode the data transmission, all wireless clients on the network must use identical keys.
