User guide

Glossary
GL-5
Alvarion
I
Initiator Station
The (remote) Base Station device that you selected to initiate a Remote Link Test
with a wireless station connected to the selected Base Station.
The Remote Link Test Partner can either be a wireless station, or another Base
Station unit.
IP Address
The Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique addressing code for computing
devices. When your network already uses IP addressing, you must change the
factory-set IP address to a value selected from the range of IP addresses assigned
to your organization.
K
Kernel
See ‘Firmware’
L
LAN Segment
A logical area within a network that is connected with other areas via a bridge.
For Base Stations, these areas can either be an Ethernet or a BreezeNET segment.
For Base Stations there could even be two BreezeNET segments (A and B). Each
BreezeNET segment is identified by a unique NWID.
Link Test
An BreezeNET diagnostics option that enables you to investigate a specific link
between two wireless stations.
You can use the Link Test to analyze the quality of the wireless communication, and
to determine or optimize the placement of stations and antennas.
M
MAC Address
16-digit hexadecimal number that identifies a networking product on the network.
MAC Address Filter
An advanced Bridge setup parameter for Base Stations that enables you to deny
data traffic between two specific devices via the wireless interface(s) of the access
point bridge.
You can use the Static MAC Address filter to optimize the performance of a wireless
(and wired) network.
For example, to prevent redundant traffic from being transmitted over the wireless
network, you could deny traffic between two particular servers, identified by their
MAC Address and their location as perceived by the Base Station (on the ‘wired’ or
wireless’ port of the bridge).
In most situations, however, it will be easier to control redundant traffic via other
filtering options, such as ‘Protocol Filtering.