Wireless Gateway Series User's Guide

ZyAIR Wireless Gateway Series User’s Guide
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Table 16-5 Channel Usage (ZyAIR B-2000)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Channel This is the index number of the channel currently used by the associated AP in an
Infrastructure wireless network or wireless station in an Ad-Hoc wireless network.
Activity This field display Yes if the channel is used by another AP or Ad-hoc network within the
ZyAIR’s transmission range.
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Figure 16-6 Channel Usage
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 16-6 Channel Usage
LABEL DESCRIPTION
SSID This is the Service Set IDentification name of the AP in an infrastructure wireless network or
wireless station in an Ad-Hoc wireless network. For our purposes, we define an Infrastructure
network as a wireless network that uses an AP and an Ad-Hoc network (also known as
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)) as one that doesn’t. See the Wireless Configuration
and Roaming chapter for more information on basic service sets (BSS) and extended service
sets (ESS).
MAC
Address
This field displays the MAC address of the AP in an Infrastructure wireless network. It is
randomly generated (so ignore it) in an Ad-Hoc wireless network.