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Appendix 1: Glossary
Channel
A communication channel, also known as channel, refers either to
a physical transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical
connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel. It
is used to transfer an information signal, such as a digital bit
stream, from one or more transmitters to one or more receivers.
If there are several APs coexisting in the same area, it is
recommended that you configure a different channel for each AP
to minimize the interference between neighboring APs. For
example, if 3 American- standard APs (i.e. adopts channel 11)
coexist in one area, you can setup their channels respectively to 1,
6 and 11 to avoid mutual interference.
SSID
Service set identifier (SSID) is used to identify a particular 802.11
wireless LAN. It is the name of a specific wireless network. To let
your wireless network adapter roam among different APs, you
must set all Aps’ SSID to the same name.
WPA/WPA2
The WPA protocol implements the majority of the IEEE 802.11i
standard. It enhances data encryption through the Temporal Key
Integrity Protocol (TKIP) which is a 128-bit per-packet key,
meaning that it dynamically generates a new key for each packet.
WPA also includes a message integrity check feature to prevent
data packets from being hampered with. Only authorized network
