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Mbps
Me ga bits-pe r-se cond. Tra nsm is s ion spe e d of
1,000,000 bits pe r se con d.
MHz
Me ga h e rtz. A u nit of fre que ncy e qua l to 1,000,000
cycles pe r se con d.
MIC (Micha e l) Me s s a ge inte grity che ck (com m only ca lled Mich a e l).
MS-CHAP An EAP m e ch a nism u s e d by the client. Microsoft
Ch a lle nge Au th e ntica tion Protocol (MSCHAP) Ve rsion
2, is u s e d ove r a n e ncrypte d cha nn e l to e na ble se rve r
va lida tion. The cha lle n ge a nd re sponse pa cke ts a re
se nt ove r a non -e xpose d TLS e ncrypte d cha nn e l.
ns
Na n ose cond. 1 billionth (1 / 1 ,000 ,000 ,000 ) of a
se con d.
OFDM Orthogona l Fre que ncy Division Multiplexing.
PEAP Prote cte d Exte n s ible Authe n tica tion Protocol (PEAP) is
a n Inte rne t Engine e ring Ta s k Force (IETF) dra ft
protocol s pon s ore d by Microsoft, Cisco, a n d RSA
Se curity. PEAP cre a te s a n e ncrypte d tu n n e l sim ila r to
th e tunne l use d in se cure we b pa ge s (SSL). In side the
e ncrypte d tunne l, a num be r of othe r EAP
a uthe ntica tion m e thods ca n be use d to pe rform clie nt
a uthe ntica tion. PEAP re quire s a TLS ce rtifica te on the
RADIUS se rve r, but unlike EAP-TLS the re is n o
re quire m e n t to ha ve a ce rtifica te on th e clie n t. PEAP
ha s n ot be e n ra tifie d by the IETF. The IETF is
curre ntly com pa rin g PEAP a n d TTLS (Tunne le d TLS) to
de te rm ine a n a u the ntica tion s ta nda rd for 8 0 2.1X
a uthe ntica tion in 8 02 .11 wire le s s syste m s. PEAP is a n
a uthe ntica tion type de signe d to ta ke a dva nta ge of
se rve r-side EAP-Tra nsport La ye r Se cu rity (EAP-TLS)
a nd to support va rious a u the ntica tion m e thods,
including u s e r's pa ss words a n d on e -tim e pa s s words,
a nd Ge n e ric Toke n Ca rds .
Pe e r-to-Pe e r
Mode
A wire le s s n e twork structure th a t a llows wire le s s
clie n ts to com m u nica te with e a ch othe r with out us ing
a n a cce ss point.