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Glossary

TermsrelatedtowirelessLANareexplainedhere.Alsorefertothe

explanationsoftermsgivenintherespectivesectionsofthisguide.

• Accesspoint

AdevicethatrelaysradiowavesignalstocreateawirelessLANnetwork.

ThistermalsoreferstoaplacewhereyoucanconnecttotheInternetvia

wirelessLAN.

• Adhocmode

AwirelessLANconnectionmethod.Thismethodallowstwodevicesto

connecttoeachotherwithoutusinganaccesspoint.

• Infrastructuremode

AwirelessLANconnectionmethod.Thismodeisusedtoconnect

throughanaccesspoint.

• Firewall

Thisisasystemthatprotectscomputersfromelectronicviruses,external

unauthorizedaccess,andsecuritythreats.Thisissetinyourwireless

LANrouterorcomputer.

• SSID/ESSID

Numbersandlettersusedtoidentifyaspecicexistingaccesspoint.This

isalsocalledthe“accesspointname”or“networkname”.

• Encryptionkey

Thisisakeyusedtoencryptdatafortransmissiontoandfromanaccess

point.

• IPaddress

Thisisanaddressusedtoidentifyadevicewithinanetwork.

• MACaddress

Thisisauniqueaddresspre-assignedtoanetworkdevice.Itisalso

referredtoasa“physicaladdress”.

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