Specifications

DynamicIPAdress–AnIPaddressthatisautomaticallyassignedtoaclientstationinaTCP/IP
network,generallybyaDHCPserver.Networkdevicesthatservemultipleusers,suchasservers
andprinters,areusuallyassignedstaticIPaddresses.
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ESS–ExtendedServiceSetisasetoftwoormoreBSSs(multipleaccesspoints)thatforma
singlenetwork.
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Firmware–Programmingcodethatiswrittenontoread‐onlymemory(ROM)orprogrammable
read‐onlymemory(PROM).Oncewrittenintomemory,itisretainedevenafterthedeviceis
turnedoff.
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InfrastructureNetwork–Oneormorecomputersorotherdevices,eachwithawireless
adapter,connectedtoanAccessPoint.Aninfrastructurewirelessnetworkconnectedtoawired
networkisreferredtoasaBasicServiceSet(BSS).AsetoftwoormoreBSSinasinglenetwork
isreferredtoasanExtendedServiceSet(ESS).
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ISMBand–Industrial,ScientificandMedicalBandoperatesinthefrequencyband2.4and2.48
GHz.Itistheonlyunlicensedbandapprovedworldwide.
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LAN–Agroupofcomputersandotherperipheraldevicesconnectedtoshareresources
throughwiredorwirelesstechnology,withinasmallgeographicarea.
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Protocol–Astandardsetofrulesforexchanginginformation(format,timing,sequencing,error
checking,etc.)betweencomputersornetworkdevices.
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Roaming–Ininfrastructuremode,thisreferstoacomputermovingoutoftherangeofone
AccessPointandconnectingtransparentlytoanewAccessPoint.
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SSID–ServiceSetIdentifierisauniquenetworkidentificationname.Allclientdevicesand
AccessPointsthatsharethesameSSIDareabletocommunicatewitheachother.
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StaticIPAddressing–ApermanentormanuallyassignedIPaddress.OnceastaticIPadressis
assigned,acomputerornetworkdevicewillusethesameIPaddresseverytimeitrebootsand
logsontothenework,unlessmanuallychanged.
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TKIP–TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocolispartoftheIEEE802.11iencryptionstandardfor
wirelessLANs.TKEPisthenextgenerationofWEP(WiredEquivalencyProtocol),whichisused
tosecure802.11wirelessLANs.TKIPprovidesper‐packetkeymixing,amessageintegritycheck
andare‐keyingmechanism.
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WEP–WiredEquivalentPrivacymechansimisbasedona64,128or256bitalgorithm.
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