User's Manual

802 .11g The 8 02.11g sta nda rd specifie s a m a xim um da ta
tra nsfe r ra te of 5 4 Mbps, a n ope ra ting fre que n cy of
2.4GHz, a nd WEP e ncryption for se curity. 8 02 .11g
ne tworks a re a lso re fe rre d to a s Wi-Fi n e tworks.
802 .1x 802 .1x is th e IEEE Sta nda rd for Port-Ba se d Ne twork
Acce ss Control. This is use d in conjunction with EAP
m e thods to provide a cce s s control to wire d a nd
wire le s s n e tworks.
AAA Se rve r Authen tica tion , Au th oriza tion a nd Accou n ting Se rve r.
A syste m to control a cce ss to com pute r re sou rce s a nd
tra ck u se r a ctivity.
Acce ss Point Acce ss point (AP). A s ta nd-a lone wire le ss hub th a t
a llows a n y com pute r tha t ha s a wire le ss ne twork
a da pter to com m u nica te with a nothe r com pute r a n d
to conne ct to the Inte rn e t.
a d hoc
ne twork
A com m unica tion con figura tion in wh ich e ve ry
com pute r ha s the s a m e ca pa bilitie s, a nd a ny
com pute r ca n initia te a com m unica tion se s s ion . Als o
kn own a s a pe e r-to-pe e r network or a com pu te r-to-
com pute r ne twork.
AES-CCMP Adva n ce d Encryption Sta nda rd - Counte r CBC-MAC
Protocol is the ne w m e thod for priva cy prote ction of
wire le s s tra nsm iss ion s spe cifie d in th e IEEE 8 0 2.11i
sta nda rd. AES-CCMP provide s a s tronge r e n cryption
m e thod th a n TKIP.
Authen tica tion Ve rifie s the ide n tity of a use r logging on to a ne twork.
Pa sswords, digita l ce rtifica te s, s m a rt ca rds a nd
biom e trics a re u s e d to prove th e ide n tity of the clie n t
to the n e twork. Pa sswords a nd digita l ce rtifica te s a re
a lso u s e d to ide ntify th e ne twork to th e clie n t.
BER
Bit e rror ra te. The ra tio of e rrors to the tota l num be r
of bits be ing se nt in a da ta tra nsm ission from one
loca tion to a nothe r.
Bit Ra te The tota l n u m be r of bits (one s a nd ze ros) pe r se cond
th a t a ne twork conn e ction ca n s u pport. Note tha t th is
bit ra te will va ry, unde r softwa re con trol, with
diffe re nt sign a l pa th condition s .