User's Manual

Infrastructure
Network
A wireless network centered around an access point. In this
environment, the access point not only provides
communication with the wired network, but also mediates
wireless network traffic in the immediate neighborhood.
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, which provides a challenge-response authentication
mechanism and dynamic key assignment.
MAC 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 (MSCHAP) 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.