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SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a

wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all

devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a

wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network

name.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-bit

shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.

Wi-Fi - A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless Ethernet

Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting

interoperability among 802.11b devices.

WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and associated devices communicate

with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area.