ZyAIR Wireless Gateway Series User’s Guide

 

 

Table 16-5 Channel Usage (ZyAIR B-2000)

 

 

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

Channel

This is the index number of the channel currently used by the associated AP in an

 

 

Infrastructure wireless network or wireless station in an Ad-Hoc wireless network.

 

 

 

 

Activity

This field display Yes if the channel is used by another AP or Ad-hoc network within the

 

 

ZyAIR’s transmission range.

 

 

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to reload the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 16-6 Channel Usage

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

 

Table 16-6 Channel Usage

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

SSID

This is the Service Set IDentification name of the AP in an infrastructure wireless network or

 

wireless station in an Ad-Hoc wireless network. For our purposes, we define an Infrastructure

 

network as a wireless network that uses an AP and an Ad-Hoc network (also known as

 

Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)) as one that doesn’t. See the Wireless Configuration

 

and Roaming chapter for more information on basic service sets (BSS) and extended service

 

sets (ESS).

 

 

MAC

This field displays the MAC address of the AP in an Infrastructure wireless network. It is

Address

randomly generated (so ignore it) in an Ad-Hoc wireless network.

 

 

Maintenance

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