Channel or | You can select which channel your network devices use to |
RF Channel | communicate. All devices must be on the same channel to |
| communicate in |
| Bluetooth® wireless devices, microwave ovens, or |
| cordless phones may operate/interfere if they are on the same |
| channel as your network. |
DHCP or | One of the available boot methods. It is a protocol that issues |
Dynamic Host | IP addresses automatically within a specified range to devices |
Configuration | (such as printers) when they are first turned on. The device |
Protocol | keeps the IP address for a defined period of time set by your |
| System Administrator; however, a device could have a different |
| IP address every time it connects to the network. |
EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol)
FAST (Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling)
Defines how to pass authentication information between the device and authentication server. The authentication is handled by the EAP type: FAST, TLS, TTLS, etc.
Cisco Systems® developed this authentication protocol. It does not use certificates to authenticate, but a PAC (Protected Access Credential), which is managed dynamically by the server. The PAC is distributed one at a time to the client manually or automatically.
Gateway | Allows connections (communications) between different |
| subnets on a network. |
Infrastructure | Requires an access point to communicate with other devices |
Mode | on the network. In infrastructure mode, wireless devices can |
| communicate with each other or with a wired network. |
IP Address | An Internet Protocol identifier for a device on a network. It |
| consists of four |
| Each number can be zero to 255. An IP address has two |
| components, the network address and the host address. Most |
| company networks have ranges for their IP addresses. |
LAN or | A computer network that connects personal computers, |
Local Area | workstations, servers, and printers. This allows each user on |
Network | the network the ability to share devices, such as printers, and |
| communicate with each other via email, etc. LANs can be |
| connected to each other by telephone lines or radio waves. |
| See WLAN. |
LEAP | Cisco Systems® introduced this authentication protocol and |
(Lightweight | provides mutual authentication with unique WEP keys for each |
Extensible | user. New keys are issued based on a time limit. Changing |
Authentication | the WEP key time limits provides additional security. |
Protocol) |
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