User's Manual

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MAC Address Media Access Control Address. On an 802.11 network the MAC
address is used to identify each node of the network.
Network Name See SSID.
Network Key Network password.
SSID (Service Set
Identifier)
The unique identifier attached to the header of packets sent over
a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The SSID differentiates
Wireless LANs from one another. For this reason an SSID must
be entered on each wireless device attempting to connect on the
WLAN.
Station See Client.
WEP Wired Equivalency Protocol. WEP is an 802.11 encryption
standard that provides security for wireless LANs.
Wireless LAN A wireless version of Ethernet, the Wireless Local Area Network
enables wireless internet access through your or broadband
router.
Wireless Network See Wireless LAN.
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA is an addition to the security in the
802.11 standard. It is an enhancement to the original security
implementation for 802.11 devices.
WPA2 WPA2 is the next generation of Wi-Fi security. It is the Wi-Fi
Alliance's interoperable implementation of the ratified IEEE
802.11i standard.
WPA Personal AES (Advanced Encryption Standard). See WPA/WPA2.
WPA Personal TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol). See WPA/WPA2.