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SSID
The SSID is the name assigned to a Wi-Fi wireless network. The SSID is a name - up to 32 characters long - that is used to identify a particular wireless network.
The SSID is CaSe SeNsitive.
Generally speaking, access points that are part of the same wireless network will have the same SSID.
Enterprise access points can have multiple SSIDs concurrently.
Wireless stations need to know the SSID used by an access point in order to associate with it.
You configure the SSID at the access point, and at the wireless stations.
Most wireless client software, including Windows XP and Windows Vista, allows you to enter several SSIDs, and to rank these in a “search order”.
A wireless station “scans” for the first SSID, then the second, and so on, until it finds a wireless network within its range.
How to implement SSID
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Tutorials and explanations of other WiFi terms:
802.11 802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.11i 802.11n 802.1x 802.3 802.x Access Point Ad-Hoc AES Association Authentication Bridge BSS BSSID dB dBi dBm DSSS EAP ESS ESSID EWG FHSS Fragmentation Fresnel Zone Hidden Node HT Hz IBSS IEEE Infrastructure Mode inSSIDer ISM LAN MAC MIMO Mobile VoIP Multipath OFDM Passphrase PCI Wireless Compliance Peer-peer Protocol PSK PSMP Repeater RF Roaming RTC/CTS Security SIP Trunk SMPS SNMP Spectrum Analysis SSID UMA UNII VoFi Voice over WLAN Voice-Enterprise Voice-Personal WEP WGB Wi-Spy WiFi Wireless Wireless Security Wireless Site Survey Wireless Tutorials Wireless-N WPA WPA Enterprise WPA Personal WPA-PSK WPA2
WPA2 is a term used in 802.11 WiFi wireless networks (Wi-Fi Wireless LANs / WLANs).
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