682GLOSSARY

enabled access

Permission to use all Mobility System Software (MSS) command-line

 

interface (CLI) commands required for configuration and

 

troubleshooting. Enabled access requires a separate enable password.

 

Compare restricted access.

encryption

Any procedure used in cryptography to translate data into a form that

 

can be read by only its intended receiver. An encrypted signal must be

 

decrypted to be read. See also cryptography.

ESS

Extended service set. A logical connection of multiple basic service sets

 

(BSSs) connected to the same network. Roaming within an ESS is

 

guaranteed by the 3Com Mobility System.

Ethernet II

The original Ethernet specification produced by Digital, Intel, and Xerox

 

(DIX) that served as the basis of the IEEE 802.3 standard.

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute. A nonprofit

 

organization that establishes telecommunications and radio standards

 

for Europe.

European

See ETSI.

Telecommunications

 

Standards Institute

 

extended service set

See ESS.

Extensible

See EAP.

Authentication

 

Protocol

 

Extensible Markup

See XML.

Language

 

failover

In a redundant system, an operation by which a standby (or secondary)

 

system component automatically takes over the functions of an active

 

(or primary) system component when the active component fails or is

 

temporarily shut down or removed for servicing. During and after

 

failover, the system continues its normal operations with little or no

 

interruption in service.

FCC

Federal Communications Commission. The United States’ governing

 

body for telecommunications, radio, television, cable, and satellite

 

communications.

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