Specifications

OmniAccess Reference: AOS-W System Reference
914 Part 031652-00 May 2005
Bus adapter*
A special adapter card that installs in a PC's PCI or ISA slot and enables the
use of PC Card radios in desktop computers. Some companies offer one-piece
PCI or ISA Card radios that install directly into an open PC or ISA slot.
Captive Portal
A secure, dedicated, web connection between a client station and a server.
Certificates
Certificates are digital documents which are commonly used for authenticating
users, computers and for securing information on open networks. Certificates
bind public keys to the entity that possesses the private key and are digitally
signed by the issuing certification authority (CA).
Certification authority (CA)
A certification authority is an entity which is responsible for establishing and
vouching for the authenticity of public keys belonging to subjects (usually
users or computers) or other certification authorities. Activities of a
certification authority can include binding public keys to distinguished names
through signed certificates, managing certificate serial numbers, and certificate
revocation.
CLI
Command Line Interface
Client*
Any computer connected to a network that requests services (files, print
capability) from another member of the network.
Client devices*
Clients are end users. Wi-Fi client devices include PC Cards that slide into
laptop computers, mini-PCI modules embedded in laptop computers and
mobile computing devices, as well as USB radios and PCI/ISA bus Wi-Fi radios.
Client devices usually communicate with hub devices like access points and
gateways.
Collision avoidance*
A network node characteristic for proactively detecting that it can transmit a
signal without risking a collision.