Allied Telesis AT-WA7501 Spanning tree, Splitter, Swap Secure Wireless Authentication Protocol

AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 Installation and User’s Guide

with the MIB to obtain information about network activity.

spanning tree

A form of network organization in which each device on the network has only one path to the root. The access points automatically configure into a self-organized network that provides efficient, loop-free forwarding of frames through the network.

splitter

A splitter converts 48V input power to 5V or 3.3V output power. If you want to use power over Ethernet, you plug the access point into the splitter and then you plug the splitter into a power bridge.

The AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 do not use a splitter.

SWAP (Secure Wireless Authentication Protocol)

This protocol creates secure wireless hops if you enable secure IAPP. It forces access points to authenticate each other using an EAP-MD5 challenge.

Telnet Gateway

A software feature in Release 2.1 that allows the access point to keep telnet sessions alive even when the wireless client is idle or disconnected for any reason (because the client has roamed out of range, been powered off, lost battery power, etc.).

TLS (Transport Layer Security)

An EAP authentication type that not only requires a certificate on the authentication server, but also one on the end device. There is both server and client side authentication before the end device can communicate with the network.

TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Security)

An EAP authentication type that only requires a certificate on the authentication server. End devices have a user name and password that proves that they are authorized to communicate with the network.

triangular routing

The routing logic used for a mobile IP end device that has roamed to a foreign network. Frames destined for a mobile end device are always sent

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