Cisco AP541N Dual-band Single-radio Access Point Administration ...

7Clustering Multiple Access PointsViewing Wireless Neighborhood InformationTable 42FieldSSIDCluster Member DetailsDescriptionThe Service Set Identifier (SSID) this access point is on.The SSID is an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters thatuniquely identifies a wireless local area network. It is alsoreferred to as the Network Name.MAC AddressChannelRateA guest network and an Internal network running on the sameaccess point must have two different network names.Shows the MAC address of the neighboring access point.A MAC address is a hardware address that uniquely identifieseach node of a network.Shows the channel on which the access point is broadcasting.The Channel defines the portion of the radio spectrum that theradio uses for transmitting and receiving.Shows the rate (in megabits per second) at which this accesspoint is currently transmitting.The current rate will always be one of the rates shown inSupported Rates.SignalIndicates the strength of the radio signal emitting from thisaccess point measured in decibels (Db).Beacon Interval Shows the Beacon interval being used by this access point.Beacon AgeBeacon frames are transmitted by an access point at regularintervals to announce the existence of the wireless network. Thedefault behavior is to send a beacon frame once every 100milliseconds (or 10 per second).Shows the date and time of the last beacon received from thisaccess point.155 Cisco AP 541N Dual-band Single-radio Access Point Quick Start Guide