User's Manual

IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an
organization involved in defining computing and communications
standards.
Internet Protocol (IP)
address
The address of a computer that is attached to a network. Part of the
address designates which network the computer is on, and the other part
represents the host identification.
LAN (Local Area
Network)
A high-speed, low-error data network covering a relatively small
geographic area.
LEAP (Light
Extensible
Authentication
Protocol)
A version of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). LEAP is a
proprietary extensible authentication protocol developed by Cisco that
provides a challenge-response authentication mechanism and dynamic
key assignment.
MAC (Media Access
Control) Address
A hardwired address applied at the factory. It uniquely identifies network
hardware, such as a wireless adapter, on a LAN or WAN.
Mbps (Megabits-per-
second)
Transmission speed of 1,000,000 bits per second.
MHz (Megahertz) A unit of frequency equal to 1,000,000 cycles per second.
MIC (Michael) Message Integrity Check (commonly called Michael).
MS-CHAP
An EAP mechanism used by the client. Microsoft Challenge
Authentication Protocol (MS-CHAP) Version 2, is used over an
encrypted channel to enable server validation. The challenge and
response packets are sent over a non-exposed TLS encrypted channel.
ns(Nanosecond) 1 billionth (1/1,000,000,000) of a second.
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing.
Open authentication
Allows any device network access. If encryption is not enabled on the
network, any device that knows the Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the
access point can gain access to the network.
PEAP
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) is an Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) draft protocol sponsored by Microsoft,
Cisco, and RSA Security. PEAP creates an encrypted tunnel similar to
the tunnel used in secure web pages (SSL). Inside the encrypted tunnel, a
number of other EAP authentication methods can be used to perform
client authentication. PEAP requires a TLS certificate on the RADIUS
server, but unlike EAP-TLS there is no requirement to have a certificate
on the client. PEAP has not been ratified by the IETF. The IETF is
currently comparing PEAP and TTLS (Tunneled TLS) to determine an
authentication standard for 802.1X authentication in 802.11 wireless
systems. PEAP is an authentication type designed to take advantage of
server-side EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) and to support
various authentication methods, including user passwords and one-time
passwords, and Generic Token Cards.
Peer-to-Peer mode
A wireless network structure that allows wireless clients to communicate
directly with each other without using an access point.