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Terminology
Base Station - In mobile telecommunications, a base station is
the central radio transmitter/receiver that maintains
communications with the mobile radiotelephone sets within its
range. In cellular and personal communications applications,
each cell or micro-cell has its own base station; each base station
in turn is interconnected with other cells' bases.
BSS - BSS stands for "Basic Service Set". It is an Access Point
and all the LAN PCs that are associated with it.
CSMA/CA - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision
Avoidance
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol
automatically configures the TCP/IP settings of every computer
on your home network.
DNS - DNS stands for Domain Name System, which allows
Internet host computers to have a domain name (such as
www.smc.com) and one or more IP addresses (such as
192.34.45.8). A DNS server keeps a database of host computers
and their respective domain names and IP addresses, so that
when a domain name is requested (as in typing " www.smc.com"
into your Internet browser), the user is sent to the proper IP
address. The DNS server address used by the computers on your
home network is the location of the DNS server your ISP has
assigned.
DSL - DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line. A DSL modem
uses your existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds.
EAP - (Extensible Authentication Protocol) This is a mode of
conversation between a Supplicant and an Authentication Server.
Access Points or proxy servers do not take part in the
conversation. Their role is simply to forward EAP messages
between the parties performing the authentication. The EAP
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