Nortel BayStack 650 User Manual page 150

Using the BayStack 660 Wireless LAN Access Point
Resource manager
Roam Now
roaming
server-based network
service area
SNMP
Socket services
SSID/ESSID
TCP/IP
Glossary-4
See Configuration utility.
A function button which permits the user to force the mobile unit to roam and
select the BayStack access point that provides the best performance at this
time.
A feature of a BayStack 650 Wireless LAN network that allows the user to
move about freely within range of the other workstations or BayStack access
points on the network without losing connection to the network. In a network
with multiple access points, for example, a roaming user can move out of
range of one BayStack access point and into the range of another BayStack
access point 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 Access Point giving
workstations access to the wired network on which the server is located.
A BayStack 600 Wireless LAN network that does not include an access point
is called an ad hoc network. See also peer-to-peer network and ad hoc
network.
The coverage around a BayStack 650 Access Point 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 Access Point,
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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