US Robotics MAXg, User Manual

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Wireless MAXg USB Adapter: User Guide
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy A form of data encryption.
WEP is defined by the IEEE 802.11 standard and is
intended to provide a level of data confidentiality and
integrity that is equivalent to a wired network. Wireless
networks that use WEP are more vulnerable to various
types of attacks than those that use WPA.
wireless client A personal computer equipped with a wireless LAN
network adapter such as the USRobotics Wireless MAX g
adapter.
wireless router/AP A stand-alone wireless hub that allows any computer
that has a wireless network adapter to communicate
with another computer and to connect to the Internet.
The wireless router/AP has at least one interface that
connects it to an existing wired network. See also
access point .
WLAN wireless local area network A local area network
(LAN) that sends and receives data by way of radio.
WMM™ Wi-Fi Multimedia WMM™ improves user experience
for audio, video, and voice applications over a wireless
network by prioritizing streams of content and
optimizing the way the network allocates bandwidth
among competing applications.
WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access™
(WPA2™) is a specification of standards-based,
interoperable security enhancements that strongly
increase the level of data protection and access control
for existing and future wirelessLAN systems. Designed
to run on existing hardware as a software upgrade, Wi-
Fi Protected Access is based on the final IEEE 802.11i
amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard. WPA2
provides government grade security by implementing
the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) FIPS 140-2 compliant AES encryption algorithm.
WPA2 is backward compatible with WPA.
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