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>Network Connections->View available wireless networks.

In Windows Vista, this can be viewed at Control panel->Network and sharing

center->Connect to a network.

TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol An enhanced wireless security protocol that is

part of the

IEEE 802.11i encryption standard for wireless LANs. TKIP provides per-

packet key mixing, a message integrity check (MIC), and a rekeying mechanism.

TLS Transport Layer Security The successor to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol

for ensuring privacy and data integrity between two communicating applications.

TTLS Tunneled Transport Layer Security These settings define the protocol and the

credentials used to authenticate a user. In TTLS, the client uses EAP-TLS to

validate the server and create a TLS-encrypted channel between the client and

server. The client can use another authentication protocol (typically password-

based protocols, such as MD5 Challenge) over this encrypted channel to enable

server validation. The challenge and response packets are sent over a nonexposed

TLS encrypted channel.

UAPSD Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery An enhanced power-save mode

for

IEEE 802.11e networks.

WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy A form of data encryption. WEP is defined by the IEEE

802.11 standard and is intended to provide a level of data confidentiality and

integrity that is equivalent to a wired network. Wireless networks that use WEP are

more vulnerable to various types of attacks than those that use WPA.

wireless client A personal computer equipped with a wireless LAN network adapter such as the

Dell Wireless WLAN Card.

wireless router/AP A stand-alone wireless hub that allows any computer that has a wireless network

adapter to communicate with another computer and to connect to the Internet.

The wireless router/AP has at least one interface that connects it to an existing

wired network. See also

access point.

WLAN wireless local area network A local area network (LAN) that sends and receives

data by way of radio.

WMM™ Wi-Fi Multimedia WMM™ improves user experience for audio, video, and voice

applications over a wireless network by prioritizing streams of content and

optimizing the way the network allocates bandwidth among competing applications.

WPA™ Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access™ (WPA2™) is a specification of

standards-based, interoperable security enhancements that strongly increase the

level of data protection and access control for existing and future wireless LAN

systems. Designed to run on existing hardware as a software upgrade, Wi-Fi

Protected Access is based on the final

IEEE 802.11i amendment to the IEEE 802.11

standard. WPA2 provides government grade security by implementing the National

Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) FIPS 140-2 compliant AES encryption

algorithm. WPA2 is backward compatible with WPA.

WPA-PSK Wi-Fi Protected Access Preshared Key. A network authentication mode that

does not use an authentication server. It can be used with WEP or TKIP data

encryption types. WPA-Personal (PSK) requires configuration of a preshared key

(PSK). You must type a text phrase from 8 to 63 characters long, or a hexadecimal

key 64 characters long for a preshared key 256 bits in length. The data encryption

key is derived from the PSK. WPA2-PSK is a more recent version of this

authentication mode based on IEEE 802.11i.

WZC Wireless Zero Configuration Service The Windows service for connecting to a

wireless network.

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