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Software User Manual
D-Link UAP
12/10/09
34CSFP6XXUAP-SWUM100-D13
Viewing Wireless Neighborhood Information
Page 113
V
IEWING
D
ETAILS
FOR
A
C
LUSTER
M
EMBER
To view details on a cluster member AP, click on the IP address of a cluster member at the top of the page. The following
figure shows the Neighbor Details for Radio 1 of the AP with an IP address of 10.27.65.169.
Figure 39: Details for a Cluster Member AP
The following table explains the details shown about the selected AP.
Table 51: Cluster Member Details
Field
Description
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.
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 neighboring 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.
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 behavior is to send a beacon frame once
every 100 milliseconds (or 10 per second).
Beacon Age
Shows the date and time of the last beacon received from this access point.