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branchorSOHOoperation.
5. WhatisInfrastructure?
AnintegratedwirelessandwirelessandwiredLANiscalledan
Infrastructureconfiguration.Infrastructureisapplicableto
enterprisescaleforwirelessaccesstocentraldatabase,orwireless
applicationformobileworkers.
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6. WhatisBSSID?
AspecificAdhocLANiscalled
aBasicServiceSet(BSS).Computers
inaBSSmustbeconfiguredwiththesameBSSID.
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7. WhatisWEP?
WEPisWiredEquivalentPrivacy,adataprivacymechanism
basedona40bitsharedkeyalgorithm,asdescribedintheIEEE
802.11standard.
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8. WhatisTKIP?
TKIPisaquick‐fixmethodtoquicklyovercometheinherent
weaknessesinWEPsecurity,especiallythereuseofencryptionkeys.
TKIPisinvolvedintheIEEE802.11iWLANsecuritystandard,andthe
specificationmightbeofficiallyreleasedbyearly2003.
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9. WhatisAES?
AES(Advanced
EncryptionStandard),achip‐basedsecurity,has
beendevelopedtoensurethehighestdegreeofsecurity
andauthenticityfordigitalinformation,wherever
andhowevercommunicatedorstored,whilemakingmoreefficient
useofhardwareand/orsoftwarethanpreviousencryption
standards.ItisalsoincludedinIEEE802.11istandard.Comparewith
AES,
TKIPisatemporaryprotocolforreplacingWEPsecurityuntil
manufacturersimplementAESatthehardwarelevel.
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10.  CanWirelessproductssupportprintersharing?
WirelessproductsperformthesamefunctionasLANproducts.
Therefore,WirelessproductscanworkwithNetware,Windows
2000,orotherLANoperatingsystemstosupportprinterorfi le
sharing.
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11.  Wouldtheinformationbeinterceptedwhiletransmittingonair?
WLANfeaturestwo‐foldprotectioninsecurity.Onthehardware
side,aswithDirectSequenceSpreadSpectrumtechnology,ithas
theinherentsecurityfeatureofscrambling.Onthesoftwareside,
WLANseriesoff ertheencryptionfunction(WEP)toenhance
securityand
AccessControl.Userscansetitupdependingupon
theirneeds.
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