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DWS-1008 User's Manual
MAC address
Media access control address. A 6byte hexadecimal address that a manufacturer assigns to
the Ethernet controller for a port. Higher-layer protocols use the MAC address at the MAC
sublayer of the Data Link layer (Layer 2) to access the physical media. The MAC function
determines the use of network capacity and the stations that are allowed to use the medium
for transmission.
MAC address glob
A D-Link convention for matching media access control (MAC) addresses or sets of MAC
addresses by means of known characters plus a "wildcard" asterisk (*) character that stands
for from 1 byte to 5 bytes of the address. See also user glob; VLAN glob.
MAC protocol data unit
See MPDU.
MAC service data unit
See MSDU.
managed device
In a D-Link network wireless LAN (WLAN), a DWS-1008 switch or DWL-8220AP access point
under the control of the RingMaster tool suite.
master secret
A code derived from the pre-master secret. A master secret is used to encrypt Transport
Layer Security (TLS) authentication exchanges and also to derive a pairwise master key
(PMK). See also PMK; pre-master secret.
maximum transmission unit
See MTU.
MD5
Message-digest algorithm 5. A one-way hashing algorithm used in many authentication
algorithms and also to derive cryptographic keys in many algorithms. MD5 takes a message
of an arbitrary length and creates a 128bit message digest.
media access control address
See MAC address.
message authentication code
See MAC.
message-digest algorithm 5
See MD5.
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Appendix D - Glossary
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