ZyXEL Communications Wireless Gateway Series User Manual

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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.