Appendix 2: Glossary - Tenda A6 User Manual

Wireless N150 Mini AP/Router

Appendix 2: Glossary

Channel
A communication channel, also known as channel, refers either to
a physical transmission medium such as a wire or to a logical
connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel. It
is used to transfer an information signal, such as a digital bit
stream, from one or more transmitters to one or more receivers.
If there are several APs coexisting in the same area, it is
recommended that you configure a different channel for each AP
to minimize the interference between neighboring APs. For
example, if 3 American- standard APs coexist in one area, you can
setup their channels respectively to 1, 6 and 11 to avoid mutual
interference.
SSID
Service set identifier (SSID) is used to identify a particular 802.11
wireless LAN. It is the name of a specific wireless network. To let
your wireless network adapter roam among different APs, you
must set all Aps' SSID to the same name.
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security algorithm for IEEE
802.11 wireless networks with the intention to provide data
confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired
network .WEP, recognizable by the key of 10 or 26 hexadecimal
digits, is widely in use.
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