Product specifications

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Backbone
The core infrastructure of a network. A portion of the network that
transports information from one central location to another central
location where it is off-loaded onto a local system.
Base Station
In mobile telecommunications, a base station is the central radio
transmitter/receiver that maintains communications with the mobile
radio telephone sets within range. In cellular and personal
communications applications, each cell or micro cell has its own base
station; each base station in turn is interconnected with other cells'
base.
BSS
Stands for "Basic Service Set," an Wireless Micro Access Point and all
the wireless clients that associated with it.
Client
An intelligent workstation that makes requests to other computers
known as servers. PC computers on a LAN can be clients.
dBm
dBm is deciBels referenced to a value of 1 miliWatt of power. Power
over or under 1mW would be plus or minus dBm respectively. If you
have a transmitter that produces 1 watt of power that would be 1000
times more than 1 mW so that converts to 30 dBm.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - Service that provides network
information (such as IP addresses, masks, domain names) to PCs and
other clients automatically.
DNS
Domain Name Service - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP) service which translates a name that a person can
remember into an IP address that a computer can use.
ESS
Blitzz NetWave Point II USB – 11M 802.11b Wireless LAN USB Adaptor