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8.
BSS
Cell
ESS
Shared Key Algorithm
SNMP
WLAN
Write Community String
WEP
Glossary
'Basic Service Set'. De facto an alias for Access
Point.
Area in which the radio signal of an Access
Point is sufficiently good to join with it.
'Extended Service Set'. A group of Access
Points with identical settings among which a
client system can roam. An ESS forms the heart
of WLAN
Encryption scheme for which both sender and
receiver need to know the (same) encryption
key
Simple Network Management Protocol
'Wireless LAN' the set of Access Points and
Wireless Clients that form a local area network.
SNMP Password
'Wired Equivalent Protection' Data privacy
mechanism based on a 64bit shared key
algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11b
standard
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