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GLOSSARY 689

Managed Access	A small hardware unit that functions as a wireless access point (AP) in a
Point™ (MAP™)	3Com Mobility System. Using one or more radio transmitters, a MAP
	transmits and receives information as radio frequency (RF) signals to
	and from a wireless user (client). The MAP transmits and receives
	information over a 10/100BASE-T Ethernet connection to and from a
	Wireless Switch (WX). The WX switch also supplies electrical power to
	the access point by means of Power over Ethernet (PoE). A MAP
	communicates with a WX by means of the MAP Control Protocol.
managed device	In a 3Com Mobility System wireless LAN (WLAN), a Wireless Switch
	(WX) or Managed Access Point (MAP) under the control of the 3Com
	Wireless Switch Manager (3WXM) tool suite.
MAP	See Managed Access Point™ (MAP™).
MAP Control	Managed Access Point (MAP) control protocol. A point-to-point
Protocol™	datagram protocol that defines the way each Managed Access Point
	(MAP) communicates with a Wireless Switch (WX) in a 3Com Mobility
	System. By means of MAP Control Protocol, MAPs announce their
	presence to the WX, accept configuration from it, relay traffic to and
	from it, announce the arrival and departure of users (clients), and
	provide statistics to the WX on command.
master secret	A code derived from the pre-master secret. A master secret is used to
	encrypt Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication exchanges and
	also to derive a pairwise master key (PMK). See also PMK; pre-master
	secret.
maximum	See MTU.
transmission unit
MD5	Message-digest algorithm 5. A one-way hashing algorithm used in
	many authentication algorithms and also to derive cryptographic keys in
	many algorithms. MD5 takes a message of an arbitrary length and
	creates a 128-bit message digest.
media access control	See MAC address.
address
message	See MAC.
authentication code
message-digest	See MD5.
algorithm 5