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Appendix 3: Glossary
Channel
Acommunicationchannel,alsoknownaschannel,referseithertoa
physical transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical
connectionoveramultiplexedmediumsuchasaradio channel.Itis
usedtotransfer aninformationsignal,suchasadigitalbitstream,
fromoneormoretransmitterstooneormorere
ceivers.Ifthereis
onlyoneAPintherange,selectanychannelyoulike.Thedefaultis
Auto.
Ifthere are several APs coexisting in the same area, it is advisable
that you select a different channel for each AP to operate on,
minimizingtheinterferenc
ebetweenneighboring APs.Forexample,
if 3 American‐ standard APs coexist in one area, you can set their
channelsrespectivelyto1,6and11toavoidmutualinterference.
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SSID
Service set identifier (SSID) is used to identify a particular 802.11
wireless LAN. It is the name of a spe
cific wireless network. To let
your wireless network adapter roam among different APs, you