ZyXEL Communications eir F1000 - Technical Reference; The Channel Status Screen; Wireless Network Overview

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Chapter 5 Wireless
5.9 The Channel Status Screen
Use the Channel Status screen to scan wireless LAN channel noises and view the results. Click
Network Setting > Wireless > Channel Status. The screen appears as shown. Click Scan to
scan the wireless LAN channels. You can view the results in the Channel Scan Result section.
Figure 46 Network Setting > Wireless > Channel Status
5.10 Technical Reference
This section discusses wireless LANs in depth. For more information, see Appendix D on page 325.
5.10.1 Wireless Network Overview
Wireless networks consist of wireless clients, access points and bridges.
• A wireless client is a radio connected to a user’s computer.
• An access point is a radio with a wired connection to a network, which can connect with
numerous wireless clients and let them access the network.
• A bridge is a radio that relays communications between access points and wireless clients,
extending a network’s range.
Traditionally, a wireless network operates in one of two ways.