Appendix A: List Of Acronyms - GO Networks WLP Technical Manual

Acronym
802.11 A family of specifications related to wireless networking,
including: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g.
AP Access Point. The hub of a wireless network. Wireless
clients connect to the access point, and traffic between
two clients must travel through the access point. Access
points are often abbreviated to AP
BSSID Broadcast Service Set Identifier
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol which
enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to
clients so that the clients do not have to configure the IP
addresses manually.
EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol. A standard form of
generic messaging used in 802.1X.
ESSID EGOed Service Set Identifier
PMK Pairwise Master Key
SSID Service Set Identifier, a set of characters that give a
unique name to a WLAN.
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
VLAN Virtual Local Access Network
WDS Wireless Distribution System
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy. An encryption system created to
prevent eavesdropping on wireless network traffic.
WLP Wireless Base Station. Access point of the GO Networks MBW
solution.
WNC Wireless Network Controller of the GO Networks MBW
solution.
WPA WiFi Protected Access. A modern encryption system created
to prevent eavesdropping on wireless network traffic. It is
considered more secure than WEP.
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Appendix A: List of Acronyms

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