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OI WLAN Access Point 100 DATALIGHT
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Meaning
Abbreviation
Function
Key
Host name
Name of the AP
Password
Access protection
Roaming
Taking the WLAN connection from one AP to the next
Transmission power
Transmitted power of the AP, mostly specified in dBm
Service Set Identifier
SSID
Freely selectable name of a WLAN, up to 32 characters long,
configuration in the AP and all connected clients
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TKIP
Security protocol in the WLAN and other radio networks
based on the IEEE-802.11 standard
Universal Serial Bus
USB
Serial interface to transfer data – application
in the WLAN AP: USB 2.0
User Datagram Protocol
UDP
Simple, connection-free network protocol to transmit data. Ports
are used to allocate the data to the correct applications
Encryption
Provides security in data transmission
Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPA
WLAN encryption algorithm
WPA2
Successor of WPA and based on AES according to the
IEEE 802.11 a,b,g,n WLAN standards
Wired Equivalent Privacy
WEP
WLAN encryption algorithm
Wireless Distribution System
WDS
Process to address data frames, establishment of a
radio network with several APs, WDS both with a WLAN interface
(single radio WDS, connection to the AP and client),
and several dual radio WDS, one interface to the AP
and another to the client) can be realised at the AP, differentiation
in bridging (2 WLAN bridges connected) and repeating
mode (several APs connected via WDS)
Wireless Local Area Network
WLAN
Similar to LAN but wireless
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