Nortel BayStack 650 User Manual page 88

Using the BayStack 650/660 Wireless LAN PC Card
QuickList
Resource manager
Roam Now
roaming
server-based network
service area
SNMP
Socket services
SSID/ESSID
TCP/IP
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One of up to 10 groups that you can quickly accessed using the Configure and
Actions menu in AP manager.
See Configuration utility.
A function button that permits the operator to force the mobile unit to roam
and select the BayStack PC card that provides the best performance at this
time.
A feature of a BayStack 650/660 Wireless LAN network that allows the user
to move about freely within range of the other workstations or BayStack PC
cards on the network without losing connection to the network. In a network
with multiple PC cards, for example, a roaming user can move out of range of
one BayStack PC card and into the range of another BayStack PC card
without being disconnected.
A local area network on which network processing and storage are located on
a dedicated workstation or server to which other devices on the network are
connected. A server-based BayStack 600 Wireless LAN network, by
definition, must include at least one BayStack 650/660 PC card giving
workstations access to the wired network on which the server is located.
A BayStack 600 Wireless LAN network that does not include an PC card is
called an ad hoc network. See also peer-to-peer network and ad hoc network.
The coverage around a BayStack 650/660 PC card that is used by a mobile
unit to connect to a wired network. Users can roam from one service area to
another without losing connection to the network.
Simple Network Management Protocol.
A PCMCIA BIOS-level interface that hides the hardware implementation
from the PC vendor's driver software. It identifies the number of PCMCIA
sockets in the computer and detects when a card is inserted into or removed
from a socket.
Service Set Identifier. An identification string of 1 to 32 characters defining a
logical network. If the users are operating with a BayStack 650/660 PC card,
the logical network is defined by an Extended SSID (ESSID).
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A set of networking
protocols designed to link computers from multiple vendors. TCP/IP was
originally developed by the Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA)
became a part of the UNIX operating system and has been adopted as a
networking standard in many government, academic, and technical computing
environments.
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