User's Guide

Devices
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Basic Link Rates
(Mbps)
Comma
-separated list of link rates supported by the AP.
Security
Security standard applied to the AP. This is derived from the template
applied to the AP.
Authentication
Procedure used by APs to verify the identity of a client.
Pairwise Encryption
Encryption used for unicast communication between the AP and a Client.
MULTIPLE is displayed, if 'For All BSSIDs' is selected in the MAC/Protocol
field.
Groupwise
Encryption
Specifies the encryption used for broadcast or multicast communication
from the AP. MULTIPLE is displayed, if For All BSSIDs is selected in the
MAC/Protocol field.
Beacon Interval
time interval, in millisecond,s between successive beacons of the AP.
802.11n Capability
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP. 802.11n
capability of the AP. The field provides information about whether the AP
is compliant with early o
r standard implementations of the 802.11n
standard.
Channel Width
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP or a 802.11ac
AP. It specifies whether an 802.11n AP is operating on 20 MHz or 40 MHz
channel width. 802.11n allows for the us
e of standard channel width of 20
MHz or double channel width of 40 MHz. 40 MHz channel width is
achieved by using two adjacent channels to send data simultaneously. In
case of 802.11ac capable AP, the possible values are 20 MHz, 40 MHz,
80 MHz, 160 MHz or 80+80 MHz.
Channel offset
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP. It specifies
whether the adjacent channel used in 40 MHz operation is above or below
the primary channel for the selected 802.11n AP.
Data Rate
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP or an
802.11ac AP. It specifies the highest 802.11n data rate or the
highest
802.11ac data rate of the selected active 802.11n AP or 802.11ac AP with
which it communicates with the client.
GI for 20 MHz
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP. It specifies if
the AP is capable of using short guard interval for 20 MHz. The possible
values are 400 nanoseconds and 800 nanoseconds.
GI for 40 MHz
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP. It specifies if
the AP is capable of using short guard interval for 40 MHz. The possible
values are 400 nanoseconds and 800 nanoseconds. This field is
applicable only if the channel width is 40 MHz or more.
802.11n MCS
supported
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP. It specifies
the various Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCS) supported for
802.11n. The 802.11n standard defines a total of 77 MCS. Each MCS is a
combination of a certain modulation (for example,
BPSK, QPSK, 64-
QAM), coding rate (for example, 1/2, 3/4), guard interval (800 or 400 ns),
and number of spatial streams. Support for MCS 0
-15 is mandatory for
802.11n APs and support for MCS 0-7 is mandatory for 802.11n Clients.
Greenfield Mode
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP. It specifies if
the AP is capable of working in the Greenfield mode. Greenfield mode is
an optional high
-throughput mode in the 802.11n standard, which is not
backward compatible with legacy (802.11a/b/
g) protocols and is expected
to provide maximum performance benefits of 802.11n.
802.11n Beam
forming Capability
This field is visible only if the selected AP is an 802.11n AP. It specifies if
the AP is capable of Beamforming. Beamforming is an RF transmi
ssion
method that helps in focusing the radiated RF energy directly at a