NetComm NP642 manual Appendix a Glossary, Ascii

APPENDIX A: Glossary

Access Point:	An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and
	wireless networks.
Ad-Hoc:	An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of
	computers, each with a network adapter.
AP Client:	One of the additional AP operating modes offered by a 54Mbps
	Access Point, which allows the Access Point to act as an Ethernet-
	to-Wireless Bridge, thus a LAN or a single computer station can join
	a wireless ESS network through it.
ASCII:	American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ASCII, is one
	of the two formats that you can use for entering the values for WEP
	key. It represents English letters as numbers from 0 to 127.
Authentication Type:	Indication of an authentication algorithm which can be supported by
	the Access Point.
	1. Open System: Open System authentication is the simplest
	of the available authentication algorithms. Essentially it is a null
	authentication algorithm. Any station that requests authentication
	with this algorithm may become authenticated if 802.11
	Authentication Type at the recipient station is set to Open System
	authentication.
	2. Shared Key: Shared Key authentication supports authentication
	of stations as either a member of those who knows a shared secret
	key or a member of those who does not.
Backbone:	The core infrastructure of a network, which transports information
	from one central location to another where the information is
	unloaded into a local system.
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