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Section 7 - Viewing Status and Statistics Ad Hoc Clients Path: Status > Wireless Information > Associated Clients > Ad Hoc Clients An ad hoc client is a wireless client that gains access to the WLAN through a wireless client that is associated with an access point. The ad hoc client does not communicate directly with the AP. Ad hoc networks are a particular concern because they consume RF bandwidth and can present a security risk. Field MAC Address AP MAC Address Location Radio Detection Mode Age Description The Ethernet address of the client. If the Detection Mode is Beacon then the client is represented as an AP in the RF Scan database and the Neighbor AP List. If the Detection Mode is Data Frame then the client information is in the Neighbor Client List. The base Ethernet MAC Address of the managed AP which detected the client. The configured descriptive location for the managed AP. The radio interface and its configured mode that detected the ad hoc device. The mechanism of detecting this Ad Hoc device. The possible values are Beacon Frame or Data Frame. Time since last detection of the ad hoc network. Right-click Commands on the WLAN Associated Ad Hoc Clients List Field Delete All Deny Allow Description Deletes all ad hoc client entries from the list. Clearing the list does not disassociate any of the ad hoc clients, and the clients might still be involved in the ad hoc network. Blocks an ad hoc client from WLAN access. The MAC address is added to the Known Client database where the default action is Deny. Allows an ad hoc client access to the WLAN. The MAC address is added to the Known Client database where the default action is Allow. D-Link DWC-2000 User Manual 228