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more service than queues with smaller weights. This highly efficient queuing mechanism
divides available bandwidth across different traffic queues.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
Security protocol that provides a WLAN with a level of security and privacy comparable to that
of a wired LAN. WEP encrypts data sent between wired and WLANs to keep transmissions
private.
Wireless Local-Area Network (WLAN)
WLANs use RF technology to send and receive data wirelessly in a certain area. This lets users
in a small zone send data and share resources such as printers without using cables to
physically connect each computer.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA )
A subset of the IEEE 802.11i standard. WPA applies IEEE 802.1x and Extensible Authentication
Protocol (EAP) to authenticate wireless clients using an external RADIUS database. WPA uses
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Message Integrity Check (MIC), and IEEE 802.1x to
encrypt data. See also WPA-PSK (WPA -Pre-Shared Key).
Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM)
Part of the IEEE 802.11e QoS enhancement to the Wi-Fi standard that ensures quality of
service for multimedia applications in WLANs.
Wireless Client Supplicants
Software that runs on an operating system, instructing the wireless client how to use WPA.
WPA -Pre-Shared Key (WPA-PSK)
WPA-PSK requires a single (identical) password entered into each Access Point, wireless
gateway, and wireless client. A client is granted access to a WLAN if the passwords match.
WPA2
A wireless security standard that defines stronger encryption, authentication, and key
management than WPA. It includes two data encryption algorithms, Temporal Key Integrity
Protocol (TKIP) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), in the Counter mode with Cipher
block chaining Message authentication Code Protocol (CCMP).
Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
A technology that lets Access Points communicate with one another to extend the range of a
WLAN.
