ZyXEL Communications NWA-3550, NWA-3500 8.2.1 What You Need To Know About the Wireless Screen, BSS, ESS

Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration

8.2.1 What You Need To Know About the Wireless Screen

The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter.

BSS

A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless stations or between a wireless station and a wired network client go through one access point (AP).

Intra-BSS traffic is traffic between wireless stations in the BSS. When Intra-BSS traffic blocking is disabled, wireless stations A and B can access the wired network and communicate with each other. When Intra-BSS traffic blocking is enabled, wireless stations A and B can still access the wired network but cannot communicate with each other.

Figure 74 Basic Service set

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ESS

An Extended Service Set (ESS) consists of a series of overlapping BSSs, each containing an access point, with each access point connected together by a wired network. This wired connection between APs is called a Distribution System (DS).

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