Symbol Technologies Spectrum24 AP-4131 - Manual (Page 18)

Introduction
8 AP-4131 Access Point Product Reference Guide
Using more than two WLAPs to establish a connection slows network
performance for all topologies. To increase WLAP performance, disable
WNMP Functions and AP-AP State Xchg parameters under the Set System
Configuration screen.
To set up an AP for wireless operation automatically, select the
Enabled
option for the WLAP Mode parameter. To set these values, see section 2.5:
”Configuring Radio Parameters” on page 71.
The WLAP initialization process length depends on the time specified in
the WLAP Forward Delay field. See section 2.5: ”Configuring Radio
Parameters” on page 71.
1.2.2 Cellular Coverage
The AP establishes an average communication range with MUs called a
Basic Service Set (BSS) or cell. When in a particular cell the MU associates
and communicates with the AP of that cell. Each cell has a Basic Service Set
Identifier (BSS_ID). In IEEE 802.11, the AP MAC (Media Access Control)
address represents the BSS_ID. The MU recognizes the AP it associates with
using the BSS_ID.
Spectrum24 devices, like other network devices, have unique, hardware-
encoded MAC or IEEE addresses. MAC addresses determine the device
sending or receiving the data. A MAC address is a 48-bit number written as
six hexadecimal bytes separated by colons. For example:
00:A0:F8:24:9A:C8
An MU recognizes the access point it associates with using the BSS_ID.
Adding access points to a single LAN establishes more cells to extend the
range of the network. Configuring the same ESS_ID (Extended Service Set
Identifier) on all access points make them part of the same Wireless LAN.