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USER
GUIDE
FOR
LEGRAND
DUAL
BAND
ACCESS
POINT
GLOSSARY
100BASE-T
IEEE 802.3
specification for
100 Mbps
Ethernet over
twisted pair.
802.1x
802.1x defines
the port-based
network access
control used to
provide authen-
ticated network
access and auto-
mated manage-
ment of the data
encryption key.
The IEEE 802.1x
draft standard
offers an effec-
tive framework
for authenticat-
ing and control-
ling user traffic
to a protected
network, as
well as dynami-
cally varying
encryption keys.
802.1x uses a
protocol called
EAP (Extensible
Authentication
Protocol).
802.11a
IEEE specifi-
cation for 54
Mbps wireless
networks using
orthogonal
frequency divi-
sion multiplex-
ing (OFDM)
technology and
operating in the
5 GHz radio
spectrum.
802.11b
IEEE specifi-
cation for 11
Mbps wireless
networks using
direct-sequence
spread-spec-
trum (DSSS)
technology and
operating in the
2.4 GHz radio
spectrum.
802.11g
IEEE specifi-
cation for 54
Mbps wireless
networks using
orthogonal
frequency divi-
sion multiplex-
ing (OFDM)
technology and
operating in
the 2.4 GHz
radio spec-
trum. 802.11g
is backward
compatible with
802.11b.
802.11i
The IEEE
802.11i stand-
ard, also known
as WPA2, is
an amended
version of the
802.11 stand-
ard specifying
security mecha-
nisms for wire-
less networks.
802.11n
The IEEE
802.11n stand-
ard must ena-
ble a theoretical
data rate of up
to 270 Mbps or
300 Mbps to be
reached in the
2.4 GHz or 5
GHz frequency
bands respec-
tively.
