Accton Technology Wireless LAN 802.11b/g Device WN4201B - Manual (Page 84)

Wireless LAN 802.11b/g Device
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Terms
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• MAC Address Media Access Control Address. On an 802.11
network the MAC address is used to identify
each node of the network.
• Network Name See SSID
• Network Key Network password.
• SoftAP™ Software application on your HP PC which
allows you to establish a wireless network using
your PC as a wireless access point or as a
wireless client (station mode).
• SSID (Service Set Identifier) The unique identifier attached to the header of
packets sent over a Wireless Local Area
Network (WLAN). The SSID differentiates
Wireless LANs from one another. For this
reason an SSID must be entered on each
wireless device attempting to connect on the
WLAN.
• Station See Client.
• WEP Wired Equivalency Protocol. WEP is an
802.11 encryption standard that provides
security for wireless LANs.
• Wireless LAN A wireless version of Ethernet, the Wireless
Local Area Network enables wireless internet
access through your SoftAP™ or broadband
router.
• Wireless Network See Wireless LAN.
• WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA is an addition to
the security in the 802.11 standard. It is an
enhancement to the original security
implementation for 802.11 devices.
• WPA Personal AES (Advanced Encryption Standard). See WPA.
• WPA Personal TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) See WPA.