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GLOSSARY 675

authentication,	See AAA.
authorization, and
accounting
authentication	The ability of a user (client) authenticated via Extensible Authentication
mobility	Protocol (EAP) — plus an appropriate subprotocol and back-end
	authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) service — to roam
	to different access points (APs) without reauthentication.
authentication server	An entity that provides an authentication service to an authenticator.
	From the credentials provided by a client (or supplicant), the
	authentication service determines whether the supplicant is authorized
	to access the services of the authenticator. In a 3Com Mobility System,
	one or more RADIUS servers can act as authentication servers.
authenticator	A device that authenticates a client. In a 3Com Mobility System, the
	authenticator is a Wireless Switch (WX).
baseline association	A value set in 3Com Wireless Switch Manager (3WXM) to help plan
rate	Managed Access Point (MAP) coverage in a network. The baseline
	association rate is the average data transmission rate at which you
	want typical mobile clients in the coverage area to associate with the
	access point(s).
basic service set	See BSS.
basic service set	See BSSID.
identifier
bias	The priority of one Wireless Switch (WX) over other WX switches for
	booting, configuring, and providing data transfer for a Managed Access
	Point (MAP). Bias can be set to either low or high on each WX switch
	and is high by default. Bias applies only to WX switches that are
	indirectly attached to the MAP through an intermediate Layer 2 or
	Layer 3 network. A MAP always attempts to boot on MAP port 1 first,
	and if the MAP is directly attached to a WX switch on MAP port 1, the
	MAP uses the directly attached WX switch to boot from regardless of
	the bias settings. See also dual-homed connection.
BSS	Basic service set. A set of wireless stations that communicate with one
	another through an access point (AP).