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FG101 User’s Guide
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Web site A computer on the Internet that distributes information to
(and gets information from) remote users through web
browsers. A web site typically consists of web pages
that contain text, graphics, and hyperlinks. See
hyperlink, web page.
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encrypts data over
WLANs. Data is encrypted into blocks of either 64 bits
length or 128 bits length. The encrypted data can only
be sent and received by users with access to a private
network key. Each PC on your wireless network must be
manually configured with the same key as your device in
order to allow wireless encrypted data transmissions.
Eavesdroppers cannot access your network if they do
not know your private key. WEP is considered to be a
low security option.
Wireless Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications
in which electromagnetic waves (rather than some form
of wire) carry the signal over part or the entire
communication path. See wireless LAN.
Wireless LAN A wireless LAN (WLAN) is one in which a mobile user
can connect to a local area network (LAN) through a
wireless (radio) connection. A standard, IEEE 802.11,
specifies the technologies for wireless LANs.
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPA is an initiative by the IEEE and Wi-Fi Alliance to
address the security limitations of WEP. WPA provides
a stronger data encryption method (called Temporal Key
Integrity Protocol (TKIP)). It runs in a special,
easy-to-set-up home mode called Pre-Shared Key
(PSK) that allows you to manually enter a pass phrase
on all the devices in your wireless network. WPA data
encryption is based on a WPA master key. The master
key is derived from the pass phrase and the network
name (SSID) of the device.
It provides improved data encryption and stronger user
authentication. The mode of WPA supported on your
device is called Pre-Shared Key (PSK), which allows
you to manually enter a type of key called a pass
phrase.
WWW World Wide Web
Also called (the) Web. Collective term for all web sites
anywhere in the world that can be accessed via the
Internet.