[Gllug] bss etymology

Ian Norton bredroll at darkspace.org.uk
Wed Oct 29 12:16:36 UTC 2003


bss stands for basic service set.

a bss is the immediate wireless network you interact with.

bssid is the name of this network,

:-)



On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 09:51:57AM +0000, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Just curious... does anyone know why the bss section is so named?
> 
> Tet
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