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User Guide for the CiscoWorks 1105 Wireless LAN Solution Engine
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GLOSSARY
AAAA Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting. The WLSE monitors LEAP,
EAP-MD5 and RADIUS AAA services provided by AAA servers running
CiscoSecure ACS Server software.
See also EAP-MD5 server, LEAP server, and RADIUS.
access point Access points are wireless LAN transceivers that serve as the center point of a
standalone wireless network or as the connection point between wireless and
wired networks. In large installations, wireless users within radio range of a n
access point can roam throughout a facility while maintaining seamless,
uninterrupted access to the network.
ANI Asynchronous Network Interface. A mediation layer between the n etwo rk
devices and client applications. ANI provides discovery, inventory, and
topological computations of networks and their devices
BBDPU Bridge Protocol Data Unit. See STP.
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol. The protocol used by a network node to det ermi ne th e IP
address of its Ethernet interfaces to affect network booting.
bridge See wireless bridge.