APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY
amlessly connects wired and
wireless networks.
Ad- oc
―
An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers,
each with an network adapter.
AP Client
– One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54Mbps Access
Poin , which allows the Access Point to act as an Ethernet-to-Wireless Bridge, thus a
LAN or a single computer station can join a wireless ESS network through it.
ASCII
– American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ASCII, is one of the
two formats that you can use for entering the values for WEP key. It represents
English letters as numbers from 0 to 127.
Authentication Type
―
Indication of an authentication algorithm which can be
supported by the Access Point:
1. Open System : Open System authentication is the simplest of the available
authentication algorithms. Essentially it is a null authentication algorithm. Any
station that requests authentication with this algorithm may become
authenticated if 802.11 Authentication Type at the recipient station is set to
Open System authentication.
2. Shared Key : Shared Key authentication supports authentication of stations as
either a member of those who knows a shared secret key or a member of those
who does not.
Backbone
―
The core infrastructure of a network, which transports information
om one central location to another where the information is unloaded into a local
tem.
Bandwidth
―
The transmission capacity of a device, which is calculated by how
much data the device can transmit in a fixed amount of time expressed in bits per
second (bps).
Beacon
―
A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network
synchronized. Included in a beacon are information such as wireless LAN service
area, the AP address, the Broadcast destination addresses, time stamp, Delivery
Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM).
Bit
―
A binary digit, which is either -0 or -1 for value, is the smallest unit for data.
Bridge
―
An internetworking function that incorporates the lowest 2 layers of the
OSI network protocol model.
Access Point
―
An internetworking device that se
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