Booming B Series Wireless AP
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Glossary
10BaseT or 100BaseTx
: 802.3 based Ethernet network that uses UTP (Unshielded twisted pair) cable
and a star topology. 10 are 10 Mbps and 100 are 100 Mbps.
802.1x:
The standard for wireless LAN authentication used between an AP and a client. 802.1x with
EAP will initiate key handling.
Ad-Hoc Network:
The wireless network based on a peer-to-peer communications session. Also referred
to as AdHoc.
Access Point:
Access points are way stations in a wireless LAN that are connected to an Ethernet hub or
server. Users can roam within the range of access points and their wireless device connections are
passed from one access point to the next.
Authentication:
Authentication refers to the verification of a transmitted message's integrity.
DHCP:
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) software automatically assigns IP addresses to
client stations logging onto a TCP/IP network, which eliminates the need to manually assign permanent
IP addresses.
DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum):
Method of spreading a wireless signal into wide frequency
bandwidth.
Dynamic IP Address:
An IP address that is automatically assigned to a client station in a TCP/IP
network, typically by a DHCP server.
DNS (Domain Name System):
System used to map readable machine names into IP addresses
Filter:
Filters are schemes, which only allow specified data to be transmitted. For example, the router
can filter specific IP addresses so that users cannot connect to those addresses.
Firmware:
Programming inserted into programmable read-only memory, thus becoming a permanent
part of a computing device.
Fragmentation:
Refers to the breaking up of data packets during transmis-sion.
Gateway:
Gateways are computers that convert protocols enabling different networks, applications, and
operating systems to exchange information.
Half-duplex:
To transmit on the same channel in both directions, one direction at a time.
Host Name:
The name given to a computer or client station that acts as a source for information on the
