User's Manual

Wireless LAN CardBus Card

Signal Strength - The signal level indicates the strength of the signal as received at the

wireless network interface.

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) - A standard network protocol that can be

used to manage networks locally, or worldwide via the Internet.

Spread Spectrum - Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique

developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communication systems.

It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security. In other

words, more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the

trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that

the receiver knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast. If a

receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread –spectrum signal looks like background

noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS).

SSID (Service Set Identifier) - Is the unique name shared among all points in a wireless

network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the network. It is case sensitive and

must not exceed 32 characters.

Static IP Address - A permanent IP address that is assigned to a node in an IP or a TCP/IP

network.

Subnet - A subnet is a logical sub-division of a Local Area Network that has been divided by

means of routers or gateways. A subnet may include multiple LAN segments. Each subnet is

identified by the Subnet Mask.

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) - The basic communication

language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a

private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to

the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as every other

computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP/IP.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key

algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard. The optional cryptographic

confidentiality algorithm specified by IEEE 802.11 used to provide data confidentiality that is

subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired LAN medium that does not employ

cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy.

Windows workgroup - A Windows workgroup can consist of either wireless or wired network

connections or a combination of the two. Usually a Windows workgroup consists of members

who are related because of a shared function, e.g. members of the same department. For a

Windows workgroup it is not relevant where the workgroup participants are located, since the

members of a Windows workgroup are identified by their workgroup name only.