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Wireless MAXg USB Adapter: User Guide
basic network 1. An infrastructure network that has any of the
following security settings:
❍
WPA-PSK authentication
❍
WEP (open or shared authentication)
❍
None
2. An ad hoc network that has either WEP security
settings or no security settings.
BER bit error rate The ratio of errors to the total number of
bits being sent in a data transmission from one location
to another.
broadcasting network A network that is broadcasting its network name.
C
CA Certification Authority An entity responsible for
establishing and vouching for the authenticity of public
keys belonging to users (end entities) or other
certification authorities. Activities of a certification
authority can include binding public keys to
distinguished names through signed certificates,
managing certificate serial numbers, and revoking
certificates.
CCK complimentary code keying The modulation
technique for high and medium transmit rates.
CCKM Cisco Centralized Key Management An
authentication method in which an access point is
configured to provide Wireless Domain Services (WDS)
to take the place of the RADIUS server and to
authenticate the client so quickly that there is no
perceptible delay in voice or other time-sensitive
applications.
CCMP Counter-Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol An IEEE 802.11i
encryption algorithm. In the IEEE 802.11i standard,
unlike WPA , key management and message integrity is
handled by a single component CCMP built around AES .
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