ProSoft Technology RLX2-IHNF-WC - Manual (Page 208)

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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June 15, 2015
application) that are familiar to most consumers to configure a network and enable
security.
Wireless Gateway
Term used to differentiate between an access point and a more-capable device that can
share an internet connection, serve DHCP, and bridge between wired and wireless
networks.
Wireless Network
Devices connected to a network using a centralized wireless access point.
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network. A type of local area network in which data is sent and
received via high-frequency radio waves rather than cables or wires.
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access is a data encryption specification for 802.11 wireless networks
that replaces the weaker WEP. It improves on WEP by using dynamic keys, Extensible
Authentication Protocol to secure network access, and an encryption method called
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) to secure data transmissions.
WPA2
An enhanced version of WPA. It is the official 802.11i standard. It uses Advanced
Encryption Standard instead of TKIP. AES supports 128-bit, 192-bit, and 256-bit
encryption keys.
Y
Yagi Antenna
An antenna type that radiates in only a specific direction. Yagi antennas are used in
point-to-point situations.