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Extended Service Set ID (ESSID)

Extended Service Set ID (ESSID)

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Extended Service Set ID (ESSID)

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- [Instructor] Earlier, we said that a basic service set represented the MAC address of an access point. We also mentioned that we could have multiple access points servicing a single wireless network, and if we took all of those basic service sets as a whole, which made up a single wireless network, we would refer to that as an extended service set ID, or an ESSID, and if that sounds a lot like the definition of an SSID, just regular service set ID, it is. In fact, the term ESSID can be used interchangeably with SSID. However, in common practice, the term SSID is used a lot more frequently, so while SSID is definitely a term I want you to know, I also want you to know that it's just another way of saying the same thing. It's another way of expressing an SSID.

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