Appendix 1 Glossary - Tenda W308R User Manual

11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide

Appendix 1 Glossary

Channel:
An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing
protocol data units (PDUs) that may be used
simultaneously, in the same volume of space, with other
instances of medium use(on other channels) by other
instances of the same physical layer (PHY),with an
acceptably low frame error ratio(FER) due to mutual
interference.
SSID:
SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the network name
shared by all devices in a wireless network. Your
network's SSID should be unique to your network and
identical for all devices within the network. It is
case-sensitive and must not exceed 20 characters (use
any of the characters on the keyboard).Make sure this
setting is the same for all devices in your wireless
network.
WPA/WPA2 Encryption:
A security protocol for wireless networks that builds on
the basic foundations of WEP. It secures wireless data
transmission by using a key similar to WEP, but the
added strength of WPA is that the key changes
dynamically. The changing key makes it much more
difficult for a hacker to learn the key and gain access to
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