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Glossary
SNMP
SSID
Station
Subnet
TCP
UDP
WBSIac Access Point User Ma n ua l
Simple Network Management Protocol
This is an Internet-standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. It consists of a
set of standards for network management, including an application layer protocol, a
database schema, and a set of data objects. SNMP exposes management data in the
form of variables on the managed systems, which describe the system configuration.
These variables can then be queried (and sometimes set) by managing applications.
Service Set Identifier
This is also known as the ESSID or the wireless network name.
A device that connects wirelessly to an access point.
A portion of a network that shares a common address component. On TCP/IP networks,
subnets are defined as all devices whose IP addresses have the same prefix. For example,
all devices with IP addresses that start with 192.168.7 belong to the same subnet.
Transmission Control Protocol
This is a protocol for transmitting data over the Internet with guaranteed reliability and
in-order delivery.
User Datagram Protocol
This is a protocol for transmitting data over the Internet quickly but with no guarantee of
reliability or in-order delivery.
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