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802.11 x - A series of IEEE specifications for LANs, currently 802.11b,
802.11a, and 802.11g. Using any one of these extensions to the 802.11
standard permits wireless communication between a client and an access point
or between two clients. The various specifications govern transmission speeds
and radio frequencies as well as fall-back rates and other characteristics. The
upcoming standard 802.11i will provide additional security specific to
WLANs, and 802.11e will address quality of service.
802.3af - An IEEE standard known as Power over Ethernet (PoE), which
provides up to 12.95 watts of power (48 volts) over the same Category 5
cable that delivers standard 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet service.
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Access code control - Decision-making process that determines if a user's
request for access is granted.
Access point (AP) - A device that serves as a communications hub for wireless
clients and provides a connection to a wired LAN.
Ad hoc - A peer-to-peer connection mode in which wireless PC Cards
communicate directly with one another.
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) - A federal information-processing
standard, supporting 128-, 192-, and 256-bit keys.
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) - A method for finding a host's Ethernet
address from its Internet address. The sender broadcasts an ARP packet
containing the Internet address of another host and waits for it (or some other
host) to send back its Ethernet address. You can configure the BSC to support
proxy ARP for traffic directed to clients behind its protected interface.
API (Application Programming Interface) - Bluesocket provides a set of remote
procedure call (RPC) functions as an application programming interface (API) in
its BlueSecure Controller (BSC) system software.
By utilizing this API, you can create a custom application to configure, manage,
and monitor a Bluesocket BSC. All Bluesocket API calls are made using
hypertext transport protocol, secure (HTTPS) as the transport and extensible
markup language (XML-RPC) for encoding.
Association - When a Client exchanges packets with an Access Point; in Ad-
hoc mode, when two Clients exchange packets with each other.
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