D-Link DWL-8500AP, Руководство администратора

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9 Viewing Access Point Status
Table 29 describes the information provided on neighboring access points.
Table 29. Neighboring Access Points
Field Description
AP Detection To enable neighbor access point detection and collect information about
neighbor APs, click Enabled.
To disable neighbor AP detection, click Disabled.
MAC Address Shows the MAC address of the neighboring access point.
Radio The Radio field indicates which radio detected the neighboring AP:
• wlan0 (Radio 1 - DWL-8500AP only)
• wlan1 (Radio 2)
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).
The Beacon Interval is set on the Radio tab page. (See “Configuring Radio
Settings” on page 58.)
Type Indicates the type of device:
• AP indicates the neighboring device is an access point that supports the
IEEE 802.11
Wireless Networking Framework in Infrastructure Mode .
• 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.
The SSID is set on the VAP tab. (See “Configuring Virtual Access Points” on
page 62.)
Privacy Indicates whether there is any security on the neighboring device.
• Off indicates that the Security mode on the neighboring device is set to
“None” (no security).
• On indicates that the neighboring device has some security in place.
Security is configured on the AP from the VAP page. For more information
about security settings, see
“Configuring Access Point Security” on page 39.
WPA Indicates whether WPA security is “on” or “off” for this access point.