Monoprice 8745 Wireless N PoE Access Point - Manual (Page 74)

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Appendix I: Glossary
Access Point (AP):
A device that provides access to a LAN for one or more
computers. When in AP mode, this device serves as
the conduit to allow wireless devices access to the
internet of the physical, wired local area network.
Channel:
An encoding method to ensure that devices
transmitting data on the same frequency do not
interfere with each other. Only those devices using the
same channel will receive the transmitted data.
DHCP:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A method by
which new devices can be added to a network without
having an IP address pre-assigned and configured by
the administrator. The DHCP server maintains a pool of
IP addresses that it can allocate to devices or clients.
SSID:
Service Set Identifier. An SSID is the network name