- Edimax Wireless LAN Access Point User's Manual

Troubleshooting
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting
This chapter provides solutions to probl ems usually
encount ered during the i nstallation and oper ation of the
Access Point.
1. How to manually find your PC’s IP and M AC
Address?
1) In Wi ndows , open the Command Prompt program
2) Type Ip config /all and Enter
y Your PC’s I P address is the one entitled IP
address
y Your PC’s MAC Addr ess is the one entitled
Ph ysi cal Addr ess
2. What is BSS ID?
A group of wireless st ations and an Acc ess Point
compose a Basic Ser vice Set (BSS). Comput ers in a
BSS mus t be configured with the s ame BSSID.
3. What is ESSID?
An I nfrastruc ture c onfigurati on c oul d also su pport
roaming capability for mobile wor kers. M ore than one
BSS c an be configured as an Extended Servic e Set
(ESS). Users within an ESS could roam freel y between
BSSs while maintaining a continuous c onnecti on to the
wireless net wor k s tations and the Wireless LAN Acc ess
Points.
4. Can data be intercepted while transmitting through
the air?
WLAN features two-fold protection in s ecurity. On the
hardware side, as wit h Direct S equenc e Spread
Spectr um tec hnol ogy, it has the i nher ent scr ambling
securit y fe at ure. O n the s oft war e side, t he WLAN series
offers t he encr yption function (WEP) to enhance
security and access control.
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