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GLOSSARY
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6710 Access Point User’s Guide
Bridging
In this manual,
bridging refers to the translational bridging
process of converting open wireless LAN frames to Ethernet
frames, and Ethernet frames to open wireless LAN frames.
Broadcast
A
broadcast is a transmission to all wireless stations at the
same time.
Channel
Channel refers to a logical data channel. A port may con-
tain one or more channels. Data for any given wireless sta-
tion is contiguous on a channel. Each of the remote ports
on a controller may contain up to three channels apiece.
Designated Bridge
Access points physically connected to a secondary physical
LAN, and within the radio coverage area of an access point
on the distribution LAN, are candidates to become the
des-
ignated bridge for the secondary LAN. The designated
bridge is a particular access point assigned the role of bridg-
ing frames destined for or received from the secondary
LAN, providing a wireless connection between two uncon-
nected secondary LAN segments.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
DHCP is an Internet standard stack protocol that allows
dynamic distribution of IP address and other configuration
information to IP hosts on a network.