Cisco Aironet 340 Series, Hardware Installation Manual

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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Adapters Hardware Installation Guide
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G L O S S A R Y
802.11
The IEEE standard that specifies carrier sense media access control and physical
layer specifications for 1- and 2-megabit-per-second (Mbps) wireless LANs.
802.11b
The IEEE standard that specifies carrier sense media access control and physical
layer specifications for 5.5- and 11-Mbps wireless LANs.
A
Access Point
A wireless LAN data transceiver that uses radio waves to connect a wired
network with wireless stations.
Ad Hoc Network
A wireless network composed of stations without Access Points.
Associated
A station is configured properly to allow it to wirelessly communicate with an
Access Point.
B
BOOTP
Boot Protocol. A protocol used for the static assignment of IP addresses to
devices on the network.
BPSK
A modulation technique used by IEEE 802.11-compliant wireless LANs for
transmission at 1 Mbps.