Cisco AIR-PCM352 - Aironet 350 Series 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Adapter Installation And Configuration Manual page 175

802.1X
Also called 802.1X for 802.11. 802.1X is the new standard for wireless LAN security, as defined by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). An access point that supports 802.1X and its
protocol, Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), acts as the interface between a wireless client and an
authentication server, such as a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server, to which the
access point communicates over the wired network.
The IEEE standard that specifies carrier sense media access control and physical layer specifications
802.11
for 1- and 2-megabit-per-second (Mbps) 2.4-GHz wireless LANs.
The IEEE standard that specifies carrier sense media access control and physical layer specifications
802.11b
for 5.5- and 11-Mbps wireless LANs.
A
A wireless LAN data transceiver that uses radio waves to connect a wired network with wireless
Access Point
stations.
A Microsoft program that enables a desktop-to-Windows CE device connection in order to transfer
ActiveSync
files.
A wireless network composed of stations without access points.
Ad Hoc Network
A set of characters that contains both letters and numbers.
Alphanumeric
A station is configured properly to allow it to wirelessly communicate with an access point.
Associated
B
Specifies the amount of the frequency spectrum that is usable for data transfer. It identifies the
Bandwidth
maximum data rate that a signal can attain on the medium without encountering significant power loss.
Binary phase shift keying. A modulation technique used by IEEE 802.11-compliant wireless LANs for
BPSK
transmission at 1 Mbps.
A security feature for use with dynamic WEP keys. If your client adapter uses LEAP, EAP-FAST,
Broadcast key
EAP-TLS, or PEAP authentication and you enable this feature, the access point changes the dynamic
rotation
broadcast WEP key that it provides at the interval you select.
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