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Message-Digest algorithm 5

SeeMD5.

Message Integrity Code

SeeMIC.

MIC

Messageintegritycode.TheIEEEtermforamessageauthenticationcode(MAC).SeeMAC.

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

SeeMS‐CHAP‐V2.

minimum data transmit rate

ThelowestrateatwhichaAccessPoint(AP)cantransmitdatatoitsassociatedmobileclients.If

thedataratetoaclientdropsbelowtheminimum,theAPincreasespower,ifRF Auto‐Tuningis

enabled.

Mobility Domain

AcollectionofRoamAboutswitchesworkingtogethertosupportaroaminguser(client).

Mobility Profile

Auser(client)authorizationattributethatspecifiestheAccessPoints(APs)orwiredauthentication

portstheclientcanuseinaMobilityDomain™group.

Mobility System Software (MSS)

TheEnterasysoperatingsystem,accessiblethroughacommand‐lineinterface(CLI)orthe

RoamAboutSwitchManagertoolsuite,thatenablesEnterasysNetworksMobilitySystemproducts

tooperateasasinglesystem.MobilitySystemSoftware(MSS)performsauthentication,

authorization,andaccounting(AAA)functions;managesRoamAboutSwitchesandAccessPoin ts

(APs);and

maintainsthewirelessLAN (WLAN)bymeansofsuchnetworkstructuresasMobility

Domain™groups,virtualLANs(VLANs),tunnels,spanningtrees,andlinkaggregation.

MPDU

MACprotocoldataunit.InIEEE802.11communications,thedataunit(orframe)thattwopeer

mediaaccesscontrol(MAC)ServiceAccessPoints(SAPs)exchangethroughtheservicesofthe

Physicallayer(PHY).AnMPDUconsistsofMACheadersandaMACservicedataunit(MSDU).

SeealsoMSDU.

MS-CHAP-V2

MicrosoftChallengeHandshakeAuthenticationProtocolversion 2.Microsoft’sextensionto

CHAP.MS‐CHAP‐V2isamutualauthenticationprot ocol, definedinRFC 2759,thatalsopermitsa

singlelogininaMicrosoftnetworkenvironment.SeealsoCHAP.

MSDU

MACservicedataunit.InIEEE802.11communications,thedatapayloadencapsulatedwithina

MACprotocoldataunit(MPDU).

MSS

SeeMobilitySystemSoftware(MSS).