User manual

thathavetheirMACaddressesaddedtothatnetwork'sMACtablecanaccessthenetwork.
NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)
AnInternetstandardthatletsaLANuseonesetofIPaddressesforinternaltrafficandasecond
setofaddressesforexternaltraffic.
NetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)
Aprotocolthatletsdevicessynchronizetheirtimewithatimeserver.NTPusesTCPorUDPport
123bydefault.
P assphrase
AtextstringthatautomaticallygeneratesWEPkeysonwirelessclientadapters.
PowerOverEthernet(PoE)
APoEprovidespowertoPoE‐enableddevicesusingan8‐pinCAT5Ethernetcable,eliminatingthe
needforapowersource.
Preamble
Synchroniz e stransmissionsinaWLAN.ThepreambletypedefinesthelengthoftheCyclic
RedundancyCheckblockforcommunicationbetweenadeviceandroamingwirelessstations.
ProtectedExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol(PEAP)
AuthenticationprotocolofIEEE802.1xusedtosendauthenticationdataandpasswordsover
802.11WLANs.
QualityofService(QoS)
Anetwork’sability todeliverdatawithminimumdelay.QoSalsoref erstothenetworking
methodsusedtoprovidebandwidthforreal‐timemultimediaapplications.
RemoteAuthenticationDial‐InUserService(RADIUS)
Networkingprotocolthatprovidescentralizedauthentication,authorization,andaccounting
managementforcomputerstoconnectanduseanetworkservice.Becauseofitsbroadsupport
andubiquitousnature,theRADIUSprotocolisoftenusedbyISPsandenterprisestomanage
accesstotheInternetorinternalnetworks,WLANs,andintegratede‐mailservices.
ServiceSetIdentifier(SSID)
NameofaWLAN.AllwirelessdevicesonaWLANmustusethesameSSIDtocommunicatewith
eachother.
SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)
AnInternet‐standardprotocolformanagingdevicesonIPnetworks.
Snooping
Passivelywatchinganetworkfordata,suchaspassw ords,thatcanbeusedtobenefitahacker.
TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol(TKIP)
Anencryptionprotocolthatuses128‐bitkeys.Keysaredynamicallygener atedanddistributedby
theauthenticationserver.TKIPregularlychangesandrotatesencryptionkeys,withanencryption
keyneverbeingusedtwice.
TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol(TCP/IP)
Aprotocolthatallowscommunicationsoverandbetweennetworks.TCP /IPisthebasisfor
Internetcommunications.
WeightedFairQueuing(WFQ)