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Troubleshooting
This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the
installation and operation of the Access Point.
1. How to manually find your PC’s IP and MAC Address?
1 ) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program
2) Type Ipconfig /all and Enter
1 Your PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP address
2 Your PC’s MAC Address is the one entitled Physical Address
2. What is BSS ID?
A group of wireless stations and an Access Point compose a Basic Service
Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSSID.
3. What is ESSID?
An Infrastructure configuration could also support roaming capability for
mobile workers. More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended
Service Set (ESS). Users within an ESS could roam freely between BSSs
while maintaining a continuous connection to the wireless network stations
and the Wireless LAN Access Points.
4. Can data be intercepted while transmitting through the air?
WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as
with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, it has the inherent
scrambling security feature. On the software side, the WLAN series offers
the encryption function (WEP) to enhance security and access control.
5. What is WEP?
WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based
on a 64(40)-bit shared key algorithm.
6. What is a MAC Address?
The Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique number assigned by
the manufacturer to any Ethernet networking device, such as a network