4. Glossary
Access Point
An Internet working device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks.
Ad-Hoc
An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers, each with
a network adapter.
AP Client
One of the additional AP operating modes offered by a 54Mbps Access Point,
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 keys. 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 from one
central location to another where the information is unloaded into a local system.
