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(Wikipedia).
WiFi
WiFi is an acronym for Wireless Fidelity. It is meant to be used generically when referring of
any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. The term is
promulgated by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
WPA
WPA is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Access. It was created in response to several serious
weaknesses researchers had found in the previous system , Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
WPA implements the majority of the IEEE 802.11i standard, and was intended as an
intermediate measure to take the place of WEP while 802.11i was prepared. WPA is
specifically designed to also work with pre-WPA wireless network interface cards (through
firmware upgrades), but not necessarily with first generation wireless access points. WPA2
implements the full standard, but will not work with some older network cards (Wikipedia).
WPA-PSK
WPA-PSK is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Access - Pre Shared Key. WPA was designed to
enhance the security of wireless networks. There are two flavors of WPA: enterprise and
personal. Enterprise is meant for use with an IEEE 802.1X authentication server, which
distributes different keys to each user. Personal WPA utilizes less scalable 'pre-shared key'
(PSK) mode, where every allowed computer is given the same passphrase. In PSK mode,
security depends on the strength and secrecy of the passphrase. The design of WPA is based on
a Draft 3 of the IEEE 802.11i standard (Wikipedia)
WPA-Radius
WPA-Radius is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Access - Radius (802.1X authentication
server). WPA was designed to enhance the security of wireless networks. There are two flavors
of WPA: enterprise and personal. Enterprise is meant for use with an IEEE 802.1X
authentication server, which distributes different keys to each user. Personal WPA utilizes less
scalable 'pre-shared key' (PSK) mode, where every allowed computer is given the same
passphrase. In PSK mode, security depends on the strength and secrecy of the passphrase. The
design of WPA is based on a Draft 3 of the IEEE 802.11i standard (Wikipedia)
WPS
WPS is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Setup. It is a standard for easy and secure
establishment of a wireless home network. The goal of the WPS protocol is to simplify the
process of connecting any home device to the wireless network (Wikipedia).
WRED
WRED is an acronym for Weighted Random Early Detection. It is an active queue
management mechanism that provides preferential treatment of higher priority frames when
traffic builds up within a queue. A frame's DP level is used as input to WRED. A higher DP
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