Glossary - Gemtek Systems WUBR-177G User Manual

MAC Address
Network Name
Network Key
SSID (Service Set Identifier)
Station
WEP
Wireless LAN
Wireless Network
WPA
WPA Personal AES
WPA Personal TKIP
21 USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adaptor

Glossary

Media Access Control Address. On an
802.11 network the MAC address is used to
identify each node of the network.
See SSID.
Network password.
The unique identifier attached to the
header of packets sent over a Wireless
Local Area Network (WLAN). The SSID
differentiates Wireless
another. For this reason an SSID must be
entered on each
attempting to connect on the WLAN.
See Client.
Wired Equivalency Protocol. WEP is an
802.11 encryption standard that provides
security for wireless LANs.
A wireless version of Ethernet, the Wireless
Local Area Network
internet access through your SoftAP™ or
broadband router.
See Wireless LAN.
Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA is an addition
to the security in the 802.11 standard. It is
an enhancement to the original security
implementation for 802.11 devices.
(Advanced Encryption
WPA.
(Temporal Key Integrity Protocol). See
WPA.
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LANs from one
wireless device
enables wireless
Standard). See