Quick Reference Guide

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Index
Numerics
11a and 11na wireless modes 32
11b, 11bg, and 11ng wireless modes
29
2.4 GHz antenna, connectors for 13
2.4 GHz or 5 GHz operation
9
64-bit, 128-bit, and 152-bit WEP
54
802.11b/g/n and 802.11a/n
wireless adapters
19
wireless settings 28–34
802.11d support
109
802.1P, QoS policies 116
802.1Q VLAN
9, 105
A
access, restricting by MAC address 43, 60
accounting, RADIUS servers 57–59
accounts, users
75
Active LED
behavior
21
described 12
troubleshooting
134
ActiveX 136
activity log
83
ad hoc networks
detecting
93
monitoring 97
admin password
changing or restoring
74
default
143
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 44, 56–57
Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU)
frames
109
aggregation length
109
aggressive detection policy
86, 95
AID (associated identifier) 82
AIFS (Arbitration Inter-Frame Sp
acing) interval 112
A-MPDU (Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit)
frames
109
antennas
connecting external
13
enabling internal or external
109
external orientation
18
Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing (AIFS) interval
112
associated identifier (AID) 82
association flood and table overflow
90
associations, wireless clients
85
attacks
detecting and preventing
90
monitoring 96
authentication
network
45
RADIUS servers 57–58
authentication flood and failure attack
90
autosensing over Ethernet
10
B
background traffic
advanced QoS
111
WMM QoS 63
backing up
70
band steering 9, 110
basic service set (BSS)
45
basic service set identifier (BSSID)
ad hoc networks
97
configuring 48–57
described
8, 43–44
monitoring 81
beacon interval
109
beacons, unknown access points
88
best effort traffic
advanced QoS
111
WMM QoS
63
bits per second, QoS policies 117–118
bridging modes, wireless
119
broadcast packets, transmitted and received
85
broadcasting wireless network names (SSIDs)
802.11a/na modes
33
802.11b/bg/ng modes
30
security
43
browsers, recommended
22
BSS (basic service set)
45
BSSID (basic service set identifier)
ad hoc networks
97
configuring
48–57
described
8, 43–44