Professional Access Point
Administrator Guide
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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.
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.
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.)
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.
Signal
Indicates the strength of the radio signal emitting from this access point as
measured in decibels (Db).
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.)
Beacon Age
Shows the date and time of the most recent beacon transmission from the
access point.
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