CRADLEPOINT IBR600 USER MANUAL Firmware ver. 3.3.0
Wake on LAN
Allows you to power up a computer through it‘s Network Interface Card.
WAN
Wide Area Network.
WCN
Windows Connect Now. A Microsoft method for configuring and bootstrapping wireless networking hardware (access points) and wireless clients, including PCs and other devices.
WDS
Wireless Distribution System. A system that enables the interconnection of access points wirelessly.
Web browser
A utility that allows you to view content and interact with all of the information on the World Wide Web.
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy is security for wireless networks that is supposed to be comparable to that of a wired network.
WiFi
Wireless Fidelity. Used to describe any of the 802.11 wireless networking specifications.
WiFi Protected Access
An updated version of security for wireless networks that provides authentication as well as encryption.
Wide Area Network
The larger network that your LAN is connected to, which may be the internet itself, or a regional or corporate network.
Wireless (WiFi) LAN
Connecting to a Local Area Network over one of the
802.11wireless standards.
Wireless ISP
WISP. A company that provides a broadband internet connection over a wireless connection.
WISP
Wireless Internet Service Provider.
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network.
WPA
WiFi Protected Access. A WiFi security enhancement that provides improved data encryption, relative to WEP.
xDSL
A generic term for the family of digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies, such as ADSL, HDSL, RADSL, and SDSL.
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