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Wireless 802.11b AP11B User's Guide
Subnet Mask
A subnet mask, which may be a part of the TCP/IP informa-
tion provided by your ISP, is a set of four numbers
configured like an IP address. It is used to create IP address
numbers used only within a particular network (as opposed
to valid IP address numbers recognized by the Internet,
which must assigned by InterNIC).
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. This is
the standard protocol for data transmission over the
Internet.
WEP
WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It is based on the
IEEE 802.11 standard and uses the RC4 encryption algorithm.
Enabling WEP allows you to increase security by encrypting
data being transferred over your wireless network
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