User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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application)thatarefamiliartomostconsumerstoconfigureanetworkandenable
security.
Wireless Gateway
Termusedtodifferentiatebetweenanaccesspointandamore‐capabledevicethatcan
shareaninternetconnection,serveDHCP,andbridgebetweenwiredandwireless
networks.
Wireless Network
Devicesconnectedtoanetworkusingacentralizedwirelessaccesspoint.
WLAN
WirelessLocalAreaNetwork.Atypeoflocalareanetworkinwhichdataissentand
receivedviahigh‐frequencyradiowavesratherthancablesorwires.
WPA
Wi‐FiProtectedAccessisadataencryptionspecificationfor802.11wirelessnetworks
thatreplacestheweakerWEP.ItimprovesonWEPbyusingdynamickeys,Extensible
AuthenticationProtocoltosecurenetworkaccess,andanencryptionmethodcalled
TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol(TKIP)tosecuredatatransmissions.
WPA2
AnenhancedversionofWPA.Itistheofficial802.11istandard.ItusesAdvanced
EncryptionStandardinsteadofTKIP.AESsupports128‐bit,192‐bit,and256‐bit
encryptionkeys.
Y
Yagi Antenna
Anantennatypethatradiatesinonlyaspecificdirection.Yagian tennasareusedin
point‐to‐pointsituations.