- X-Micro Broadband Router User Manual

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER Version: 2.6

4 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ).................................................................... 35

4.1 WHAT AND HOW TO FIND MY PC’S IP AND MAC ADDRESS?............................................... 35

4.2 WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN? ................................................................................................. 35

4.3 WHAT ARE ISM BANDS? .................................................................................................... 35

4.4 HOW DOES WIRELESS NETWORKING WORK?....................................................................... 35

4.5 WHAT IS BSSID? ............................................................................................................... 36

4.6 WHAT IS ESSID? ............................................................................................................... 36

4.7 WHAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE? ................................. 37

4.8 WHAT ARE THE OPEN SYSTEM AND SHARED KEY AUTHENTICATIONS? .............................. 37

4.9 WHAT IS WEP? .................................................................................................................. 37

4.10 WHAT IS FRAGMENT THRESHOLD?..................................................................................... 37

4.11 WHAT IS RTS (REQUEST TO SEND) THRESHOLD? .............................................................. 38

4.12 WHAT IS BEACON INTERVAL?............................................................................................. 38

4.13 WHAT IS PREAMBLE TYPE? ................................................................................................ 39

4.14 WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST? ............................................................................................. 39

4.15 WHAT IS WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS (WPA)? .................................................................... 39

4.16 WHAT IS 802.1X AUTHENTICATION? .................................................................................. 40

4.17 WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL (TKIP)? ................................................. 40

4.18 WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES)? ...................................................... 40

4.19 WHAT IS INTER-ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL (IAPP)?........................................................... 40

4.20 WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)?......................................................... 40

4.21 WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP)?................................................................. 41

4.22 W

HAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU) SIZE?.................................................... 41

4.23 WHAT IS CLONE MAC ADDRESS?...................................................................................... 41