Allied Telesis AT-WA7400/EU - Manual (Page 192)

Chapter 17: Maintenance and Monitoring
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ˆ wlan0 (radio one)
ˆ wlan1 (radio two)
One-Radio Access Points - This field is not included on the
Neighboring Access Points pages of one-radio access points.
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
behavior is to send a beacon frame once every 100 milliseconds (or 10
per second).
See Chapter 13, “Configuring Radio Settings” on page 143 for
information on setting the beacon interval.
Type
Indicates the type of device:
ˆ AP indicates the neighboring device is an access point that
supports the IEEE 802.11
wireless networking framework in
infrastructure mode .
ˆ Ad hoc indicates a neighboring station running in ad hoc mode .
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
wireless networking framework also referred to as
peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set ( IBSS ).
SSID
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.
To set the SSID, refer to “Configuring the Basic Settings and Starting
the Wireless Network” on page 37, “Configuring Internal Wireless LAN
Settings” on page 101, or “Configuring the Guest Network Wireless
Settings” on page 102.
A guest network and an internal network running on the same access
point must always have two different network names.
Privacy
Indicates whether there is any security on the neighboring device.
ˆ Off indicates that the Security mode on the neighboring device is
set to “plain text” mode (no security).
ˆ On indicates that the neighboring device has some security in
place.