Rosewill RNX-N400LX - Manual (Page 62)

Wireless Router RNX-N400LX User Manual
6. What is ESSID?
The Extended Service Set ID (ESSID) is the name of the network you want to access. It
is used to identify different wireless networks.
7. What are potential factors that may causes interference?
Factors of interference:
 Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc.
 Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs.
 Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors and electrical motors.
Solutions to overcome the interferences
 Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings that wireless signal has to go
through
 Position the WLAN antenna for best reception.
 Keep WLAN devices away from other electrical devices, eg: microwaves,
monitors, electric motors … etc.
 Add additional WLAN Access Points if necessary.
8. What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?
IEEE 802.11 supports two subtypes of network authentication services: open system and
shared key. Under open system authentication, any wireless station can request
authentication. The station that needs to authenticate with another wireless station sends
an authentication management frame that contains the identity of the sending station. The
receiving station then returns a frame that indicates whether it recognizes the sending
station. Under shared key authentication, each wireless station is assumed to have
received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802.11
wireless network communications channel.
9. What is WEP?
WEP is an optional IEEE 802.11 function that offers frame transmission privacy similar
to a wired network. The Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) generates secret shared
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