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Adaptadores Wireless
Appendix 1: Acronyms and Terms
WLAN:
Wireless Local Area Network
802.11:
A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for WLAN technology.
802.11a:
An extension to 802.11 WLAN standards that provides up to 54 Mbps
transmission in the 5 GHz UNI radio band.
802.11b:
An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 11 Mbps
transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band. 802.11b uses DSSS modulation.
802.11g:
An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 54 Mbps
transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band. 802.11b uses OFDM modulation and is
backwards compatible with 802.11b.
802.11n:
higher transmission rate, supports Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO)
technology.
WEP:
Wired Equivalent Privacy. A security protocol for WLANs defined in the IEEE
802.11 standard.
WPA:
Wireless Protected Access, adopts rotating keys.
RSN:
Robust Security Network. A substitute for WPA, and it adopts 802.1x standard and
advanced encryption
ICS:
Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing enables multi-computer to share access to
Internet via one PC.
Appendix 2: How to Set WPS
WPS setting supports two modes :PBC and PIN. The detailed setting steps are as follows: