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Appendix 4 Glossary
Term Explanation
802.1X IEEE standard. Port-Based Network Access Control. This protocol is
used to control access in units of ports.
Access point Device that relays inter-station communication. Usually, this device has a
function that makes a bridge to a wired LAN network.
Ad hoc mode In this mode, stations communicate directly with each other, not via the
access point.
AP Acronym of Access Point. See "Access point."
Authentication Server Term defined in 802.1X. Server that makes authentication. This server
corresponds to the RADIUS server in this product.
Authenticator Term defined in 02.1X. The authenticator arranges the authentication
procedure between the supplicant and authentication server. It permits
only the supplicant authenticated by the authentication server to
communicate. It corresponds to the access point in this product.
Beacon Management network packets that are periodically transmitted from the
access point to all stations.
CA Abbreviation of Certificate Authority. It is also called a certificate
organization. This server issues a digital certificate.
EAP Abbreviation of Extensible Authentication Protocol. This standard is
intended to consistently handle the authentication procedure by putting
various authentication protocols into a capsule.
EAP-TLS Authentication method using TLS. The authentication server checks
whether the supplicant has the correct digital certificate.
EAP/Identity ID issued by Supplicant in the 802.1X protocol. Normally, this ID is
described in the format [email protected] or "TOSHIBA\user".
EAPOL Abbreviation of EAP over LANs. Term defined in 802.1X. This
specification is to exchange EAP packets in the LAN environment.
ESSID Acronym for Extended Service Set ID. See "Network name."
IAS Acronym of Internet Authentic Service.
This is one of the Windows 2000 and Server 2003 services, and provides
RADIUS server functions.
IEEE 802.11a This wireless LAN standard uses the 5 GHz band and supports a
maximum data transmission rate of 54Mbits/s.
IEEE 802.11b This wireless LAN standard uses the 2.4 GHz band and supports a
maximum data transmission rate of 11Mbits/s.
Infrastructure mode In this mode, stations communicate via the access point.
IPSec This is a protocol for executing encoded communications implemented on
the IP layer. This protocol provides the following services: authentication,
integrity and data confidentiality.
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