User Manual
Table Of Contents
- About This Manual
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Installing the Wireless LAN Card
- Chapter 3 Using Wireless LAN Utility
- Chapter 5 Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Utility
- Chapter 6 Uninstalling the Wireless LAN Card
- Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A Limited Warranty
- Appendix B Setting Up TCP/IP
- Glossary
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Glossary
10BaseT An IEEE standard (802.3) for operating 10 Mbps Ethernet networks (LANs) with twisted pair
cabling and a wiring hub.
Access Point An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Access
Points combined with a distributed system support the creation of multiple radio cells that
enable roaming throughout a facility.
Ad-Hoc A network composed solely of stations within mutual communication range of each other (no
Access Point connected).
BSS Basic Service Se
t. A set of stations controlled by a single coordination function.
Channel A medium used to pass protocol data units that can be used simultaneously in the same volume
of space by other channels of the same physical layer, with an acceptably low frame error ratio
due to mutual interference.
ESS Extended Service Set. A set of one or more interconnected Basic Service Sets (BSSs) and
integrated Local Area Networks (LANs) can be configured as an Extended Service Set.