User guide

Glossary
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Access Control
A security feature for Base Station that enables you to restrict wireless access to a
access point to authorized stations only.
Authorized stations are identified by the MAC address of their BreezeNET PC Card
in a so-called ‘Access Control Table’ file that is loaded into the BreezeNET access
points as part of the configuration
When Access Control is enabled, the Base Station will ignore all requests to forward
data to/from BreezeNET devices that are not identified in the Access Control Table.
You can create or edit Access Control Table files using either the AP Manager or the
Client Manager program.
Access Control Table
ASCII table that contains all the MAC Addresses of stations authorized to send/
receive data via the Base Station. To build an Access Control Table you can use the
AP Manager program.
The Access Control Table is loaded into the Base Station as part of an configuration
upload.
Analysis Polling interval
A parameter that enables you to control the responsiveness of the BreezeNET
AP Manager Remote Link Test. The Analysis Polling Interval determines how often
AP Manager will read the diagnostic tallies of the bridge unit. Valid values: 1-15
seconds.
See also: “Monitoring your BreezeNET Network”
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Basic Access Network
A basic access network consists of a small sized wireless LAN, with no connections
via gateways or routers. The number of Base Station in this network typically varies
between 1 and 5. The administrator stations need to have the TCP/IP protocol stack
loaded and use IP addressing to configure and monitor the Base Stations. IP
addressing and the TCP/IP protocol are not strictly necessary for client stations.
Beacon
A message that is transmitted at regular intervals by the Base Station to all wireless
stations in the domain. Beacon messages are used to maintain and optimize
communications by helping mobile BreezeNET stations to automatically connect to
the access point that provides the best communications quality.
BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
The standard protocol that is used to configure systems across internetworks.
BootROM
Memory chip in your Base Station that contains the start-up configuration of the
access point. When you change the configuration of a Base Station unit, the values
of the configuration parameters will be stored in the BootROM.