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Glossary
IEEE 802.11g
A wireless standard that supports wireless communications in the
2.4 GHz band using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
(OFDM). The standard provides for data rates of 6, 9, 11, 12, 18,
24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps. IEEE 802.11g is also backward compatible
with IEEE 802.11b.
IEEE 802.1x
Port Authentication controls access to the switch ports by
requiring users to first enter a user ID and password for
authentication.
Infrastructure
An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an infrastructure
configuration.
Inter Access Point Protocol (IAPP)
A protocol that specifies the wireless signaling required to ensure
the successful handover of wireless clients roaming between
different 802.11f-compliant access points.
Local Area Network (LAN)
A group of interconnected computer and support devices.
MAC Address
The physical layer address used to uniquely identify network
nodes.
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
NTP provides the mechanisms to synchronize time across the
network. The time servers operate in a hierarchical-master-slave
configuration in order to synchronize local clocks within the
subnet and to national time standards via wire or radio.
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