Asus WL-300g - Manual (Page 54)

5. Appendix
54 ASUS 802.11g Access Point
Chapter 5 - Appendix
Glossary
Access Point (AP)
An networking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks.
Access Points combined with a distributed system support the creation of
multiple radio cells that enable roaming throughout a facility.
Ad Hoc
A wireless network composed solely of stations within mutual communication
range of each other (no Access Point).
AES(Advance Encryption Standard)
AES is the U.S. government’s next-generation cryptography algorithm,
which will replace DES and 3DES. This encryption key protocol is applied
in 802.1i standard to improve WLAN security. AES will require new
hardware, in contrast with TKIP that can be used on existing wireless
devices.
Basic Service Area (BSS)
A set of stations controlled by a single coordination function.
Broadband
A type of data transmission in which a single medium (such as cable) carries
several channels of data at once.
Channel
An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units that
may be used simultaneously, in the same volume of space, with other instances
of medium use (on other channels) by other instances of the same physical
layer, with an acceptably low frame error ratio due to mutual interference.
Client
A client is the desktop or mobile PC that is connected to your network.