D-Link AirPremier DWL-2210AP Manual page 128

Maintenance and Monitoring
Information provided on neighboring access points is described in the following table:
Field
MAC Address
Beacon Interval
Type
SSID
Privacy
WPA
Description
Shows the MAC address of the neighboring access point.
A MAC address is a hardware address that uniquely identifies
each node of a network.
Shows the Beacon
Beacon frames are transmitted by an access point at regular
intervals to announce the existence of the wireless network. The
default behavior is to send a beacon frame once every 100
milliseconds (or 10 per second).
The Beacon Interval is set on Advanced > Radio Settings. (See
"Configuring Radio Settings" in this manual.)
Indicates the type of device:
• AP indicates the neighboring device is an access point that
supports the IEEE 802.11
Infrastructure Mode.
• Ad hoc indicates a neighboring station running in
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
referred to as peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic
Service Set (IBSS).
The Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the access point.
The SSID is an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters that
uniquely identifies a wireless local area network. It is also
referred to as the Network Name.
The SSID is set in Basic Settings. (See "Configuring Basic
Settings" in this manual) or in Advanced > Wireless (see
"Setting the Wireless Interface" in this manual.)
A Guest network and an Internal network running on the same
access point must always have two different network names.
Indicates whether there is any security on the neighboring
device.
• Off indicates that the Security mode on the neighboring device
is set to "plain text" mode (no security).
• On indicates that the neighboring device has some security in
place.
Security is configured on the AP at Advanced > Security. For more
information on security settings, see "Configuring Security" in
this manual.
Indicates whether WPA
point.
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interval being used by this access point.
Wireless Networking Framework
Wireless Networking Framework
security is "on" or "off" for this access
in
Ad hoc Mode.
also