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 | Shared Key: Shared Key authentication supports authentication of | 
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 | stations as either a member of those who knows a shared secret | 
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 | key or a member of those who does not. | 
| Backbone: | The core infrastructure of a network, which transports information | 
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 | from one central location to another where the information is | 
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 | unloaded into a local system. | 
| Bandwidth: | The transmission capacity of a device, which is calculated by | 
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 | how much data the device can transmit in a fixed amount of time | 
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 | expressed in bits per second (bps). | 
| Beacon: | A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the | 
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 | network synchronized. Included in a beacon are information such | 
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 | as wireless LAN service area, the AP address, the Broadcast | 
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 | destination addresses, time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, | 
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 | and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM). | 
| Bit: | A binary digit, which is either  | 
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 | for data. | 
| Bridge: | An internetworking function that incorporates the lowest 2 layers of | 
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 | the OSI network protocol model. | 
| Browser: | An application program that enables one to read the content and | 
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 | interact in the World Wide Web or Intranet. | 
| BSS: | BSS stands for “Basic Service Set”. It is an Access Point and all the | 
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 | LAN PCs that associated with it. | 
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| 28 | NP644 IEEE 802.11g Wireless Network USB Adaptor | 
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