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LAN-Express IEEE 802.11 Wireless Adapter User Guide
Appendix C Glossary 69
configuration.
Roaming - A function that allows one to travel with a mobile end system (wireless LAN
mobile station, for example) through the territory of a domain (an ESS, for example)
while continuously connecting to the infrastructure.
SSID – Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the network name used by the Wireless LAN. The
length of the SSID information is between 0 and 32 octets.
WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy is the optional cryptographic confidentiality algorithm
specified by IEEE 802.11 used to provide data confidentiality that is subjectively
equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired local area network (LAN) medium that does
not employ cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy.