User guide

Glossary
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Encryption
Data passing between the access point and clients can use encryption to protect
from interception and evesdropping.
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
An authentication protocol used to authenticate network clients. EAP is combined
with IEEE 802.1X port authentication and a RADIUS authentication server to provide
“mutual authentication” between a client, the access point, and the a RADIUS server
Ethernet
A popular local area data communications network, which accepts transmission
from computers and terminals.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
A TCP/IP protocol used for file transfer.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
HTTP is a standard used to transmit and receive all data over the World Wide Web.
IEEE 802.16e
A standard that provides mobile broadband wireless access using Scalable
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (SOFDMA).
Local Area Network (LAN)
A group of interconnected computer and support devices.
MAC Address
The physical layer address used to uniquely identify network nodes.
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
NTP provides the mechanisms to synchronize time across the network. The time
servers operate in a hierarchical-master-slave configuration in order to synchronize
local clocks within the subnet and to national time standards via wire or radio.
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (ODFM)
OFDM allows multiple users to transmit in an allocated band by dividing the
bandwidth into many narrow bandwidth carriers.
RJ-45 Connector
A connector for twisted-pair wiring.