System information

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Index
Numerics
11b, 11bg, and 11ng wireless modes 26
2.4 GHz external antennas
connectors for
12
enabling
72
64-bit, 128-bit, and 152-bit WEP
41
802.11b/g/n and 802.11a/n
wireless adapters
16
wireless settings
25–28
802.11d support
72
802.1Q VLAN
9, 69
A
access control, wireless clients 40
access, restricting by MAC address
32, 46
accounting, RADIUS servers
45–46
ActiveX
102
activity log
96
admin password
changing or restoring
61
default
109
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
33, 43–44
Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU)
frames
72
aggregation length
72
AID (associated identifier)
95
AIFS (Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing) interval
74
A-MPDU (Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit)
frames
72
antennas
connecting external antennas
12
switching between internal and external
72
Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing (AIFS) interval
74
associated identifier (AID)
95
associations, wireless clients
98
authentication
network
34
RADIUS servers
45
autosensing over Ethernet
10
B
back panel 12
background traffic
advanced QoS
73
WMM QoS
50
backing up
57
basic service set (BSS)
34
basic service set identifier (BSSID)
configuring
36–44
described
8, 32–34
monitoring
94
beacon interval
71
beacons, unknown access points
65
best effort traffic
advanced QoS
73
WMM QoS
50
bridging modes, wireless
75
broadcast packets, transmitted and received
98
broadcasting wireless network names (SSIDs)
802.11b/bg/ng modes
27
security
32
browsers, recommended
18
BSS (basic service set)
34
BSSID (basic service set identifier)
configuring
36–44
described
8, 32–34
monitoring
94
bytes, received and transmitted
Ethernet connection
98
wireless connection
96
C
Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) 71
Category 5 Ethernet cable
7
channel width and offset (802.11ng)
28
channels and frequencies
defaults
107
selecting for 802.11b/bg/ng modes
27
channels, wireless spacing
25
Clear to Send (CTS) packets
71
CLI (command-line interface) commands
112