Operation Manual

WFQservicesqueuesarebasedonpriorityandqueueweight.Queueswithlargerweightsget
moreser vicethanqueueswithsmallerweights.Thishighlyefficientqueuingmechanismdivides
availablebandwidthacrossdifferenttrafficqueues.
WiredEquivalentPrivacy(WEP)
SecurityprotocolthatprovidesaWLANwithalevelofsecurityandprivacy
comparabletothatof
awiredLAN.WEPencryptsdatasentbetweenwiredandWLANstokeeptransmissionsprivate.
WirelessLocal‐AreaNetwork(WLAN)
WLANsuseRFtechnologytosendandreceivedatawirelesslyinacertainarea.Thisletsusersina
smallzonesenddataandshareresources
suchasprinterswithoutusingcablestophysically
connecteachcomputer.
Wi‐FiProtectedAccess(WPA)
AsubsetoftheIEEE802.11istandard.WPAappliesIEEE802.1xandExtensibleAuthentication
Protocol(EAP)toauthenticatewirelessclientsusinganexternalRADIUSdatabase.WPAuses
TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol(TKIP),MessageIn tegrity
Check(MIC),andIEEE802.1xtoencrypt
data.SeealsoWPA‐PSK(WPA‐Pre‐SharedKey).
Wi‐FiMultiMedia(WMM)
PartoftheIEEE802.11eQoSenhancementtotheWi‐Fistandardthatensuresqualityofservice
formultimediaapplicationsinWLANs.
WirelessClientSupplicants
Softwar ethatrunsonan
operatingsystem,instructingthewirelessclienthowtouseWPA.
WPA‐Pre‐SharedKey(WPA‐PSK)
WPA‐PSKrequiresasingle(identical)passwordenteredintoeachAccessPoint,wirelessgateway,
andwirelessclient.AclientisgrantedaccesstoaWLANifthepasswordsmatch.
WPA2
Awirelesssecuritystandardthat
definesstrongerencryption,authentication,andkey
managementthanWPA.Itincludestwodataencryptionalgorithms,TemporalKeyIntegrity
Protocol(TKIP)andAdvancedEncryptionStandard(AES),intheCountermodewithCipherblock
chainingMessageauthenticationCodeProtocol(CCMP).
WirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)
AtechnologythatletsAccessPointscommunicatewith
oneanothertoextendtherangeofa
WLAN.
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