User's Manual

Broa dca st
SSID
Us e d to a llow a n a cce s s point to re s pon d to clie n ts on
a wire le s s ne twork by se n ding probe s .
BSSID A unique iden tifie r for e a ch wire le s s clie n t on a
wire le s s n e twork. The Ba s ic Se rvice Se t Ide n tifie r
(BSSID) is the Ethe rne t MAC a ddre ss of e a ch a da pte r
on the ne twork.
CA (ce rtifica te
a uthority)
A corpora te ce rtifica tion a u th ority im ple m e n te d on a
se rve r. In a ddition, Interne t Explore r’s ce rtifica te ca n
im port a ce rtifica te from a file . A truste d CA ce rtifica te
is store d in the root store .
CCX Cisco Com pa tible eXte n sion. Cisco Com pa tible
Exte n s ions Progra m e nsure s tha t de vice s use d on
Cisco wire le ss LAN in fra s tructu re m e e t the s e curity,
m a n a ge m e n t a n d roa m ing re quire m e n ts.
Ce rtifica te Us e d for clie nt a uthe n tica tion. A ce rtifica te is
re gistere d on the a u the ntica tion se rve r (i.e ., RADIUS
se rve r) a n d use d by the a u the ntica tor.
CKIP Cisco Ke y Inte grity Protocol (CKIP) is a Cis co
proprie ta ry s e curity protocol for e n cryption in 8 0 2.11
m e dia . CKIP u se s a ke y m e s s a ge inte grity che ck a n d
m e ss a ge s e que nce n u m be r to im prove 8 02.11
se curity in infra structure m ode . CKIP is Cisco's ve rsion
of TKIP.
Clie nt
com pute r
The com pute r th a t ge ts its Interne t conne ction by
sha ring e ith e r the h ost com pute r's conne ction or the
Acce ss Point's conne ction.
DSSS Dire ct Se que n ce S pre a d Spe ctrum . Te chn ology use d
in ra dio tra n s m ission. Incom pa tible with FHSS.
EAP Short for Exten s ible Authe n tica tion Protocol, EAP sits
inside of Point-to-Point Protocol’s (PPP) a uthe ntica tion
protocol a nd provide s a ge ne ra lize d fra m e work for
se ve ra l diffe re nt a uthe n tica tion m e thods. EAP is
suppose d to h e a d off proprie ta ry a uthe n tica tion
syste m s a n d le t e ve ryth ing from pa s s words to
cha lle nge -re sponse toke ns a n d public-ke y
infra stru cture ce rtifica te s a ll work sm ooth ly.