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Chapter 9: Wireless Neighborhood
Viewing Details For A Cluster Member
The following table explains the details shown about the selected AP.
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.
The SSID is set in Basic Settings (Chapter 5: “Configuring Basic Settings”) or in Advanced > Wireless
Settings (Chapter 13: “Setting the Wireless Interface”.)
A Guest network and an Internal network running on the same access point must always have two dif-
ferent 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.
The channel is set in Advanced > Radio. (See Chapter 16: “Configuring 802.11 Radio Settings”.)
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 behaviour is to send a beacon frame once every 100 milliseconds
(or 10 per second).
The Beacon Interval is set on Advanced > Radio. (See Chapter 16: “Configuring 802.11 Radio Set-
tings”.)
Beacon Age Shows the date and time of the most recent beacon was transmitted from the access point.
Table 9.4 Access Point Statistics