User's Guide

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.