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Troubleshooting
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting
This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation
and operation of the Access Point.
1. How to manually find user’s PC’s IP and MAC Address?
1) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program
2) Type Ipconfig /all and Enter
y User’s PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP address
y User’s PC’s MAC Address is the one entitled Physical Address
2. What is Ad-hoc?
An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN adapter,
connected as an independent wireless LAN.
3. What is Infrastructure?
An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
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