ISM Band: | The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U.S. have set aside |
| bandwidth for unlicensed use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and |
| Medical) band. Spectrum in the vicinity of 2.4GHz, in particular, is |
| being made available worldwide. |
MAC Address: | Media Access Control Address is a unique hex number assigned |
| by the manufacturer to any Ethernet networking device, such |
| as a network adapter, that allows the network to identify it at the |
| hardware level. |
Multicasting: | Sending data to a group of nodes instead of a single destination. |
Multiple Bridge: | One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54Mbps |
| Access Point, which allows a group of APs that consists of two or |
| more APs to connect two or more Ethernet networks or Ethernet |
| enabled clients together. The way that multiple bridge setups is |
| based on the topology of |
Node: | A network junction or connection point, typically a computer or |
| workstation. |
Packet: | A unit of data routed between an origin and a destination in a |
| network. |
PLCP: | Physical layer convergence protocol |
PPDU: | PLCP protocol data unit |
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32 | NP644 IEEE 802.11g Wireless Network USB Adaptor |
YML787 Rev1 |
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