User's Manual

Wireless 54Mpbs USB 2.0 Adapter

Static IP Addressing

A method of assigning IP addresses to clients on the network. In networks with Static IP address, the network

administrator manually assigns an IP address to each computer. Once a Static IP address is assigned, a computer

uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network, unless it is manually changed.

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

The Temporal key Integrity Protocol, pronounced tee-kip, is part of the IEEE 802.11i encryption standard fir wireless

LANs. TKIP is the next generation of WEP, the Wired Equivalency Protocol, which is used to secure 802.11 wireless

LANs. TKIP provides per-packet key mixing, a message integrity check and a re-keying mechanism, thus fixing the

flaws of WEP.

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

TCP/IP is the protocol suite developed by the advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). It is widely used in

corporate Internet works, because of its superior design of WANs. TCP governs how packet is sequenced for

transmission the network. The term “TCP/IP” is often used generically to refer to the entire suite of related protocols.

Transmit / Receive

The wireless throughput in Bytes per second averaged over two seconds.

Wi-Fi Alliance

The Wi-Fi Alliance is a nonprofit international association formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of wireless Local

Area Network products based on IEEE 802.11 specification. The goal of the Wi-Fi Alliance’s members is to enhance

the user experience through product interoperability. The organization is formerly known as WECA.

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

The Wi-Fi Alliance put together WPA as a data encryption method for 802.11 wireless LANs. WPA is an

industry-supported, pre-standard version of 802.11i utilizing the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), which fixes

the problems of WEP, including using dynamic keys.

Wide Area Network (WAN)

A WAN consists of multiples LANs that are tied together via telephone services and/or fiber optic cabling. WANs

may span a city, s state, a country, or even the world.

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

Now widely recognized as flawed, WEP was a data encryption method used to protect the transmission between

802.11 wireless clients and APs. However, it used the same key among all communicating devices. WEP’s

problems are well-known, including an insufficient key length and no automated method for distributing the keys.

WEP can be easily cracked in a couple of hours with off-the shelf tools.