User Manual

Roaming
A function that enables one to travel with his mobile end system (e.g.,
WLAN mobile station) throughout a domain (e.g., an ESS) while being
continuously connected to the infrastructure.
Router
An intermediary device on a communications network that expedites
message delivery. On a single network linking many computers through a
mesh of possible connections, a router receives transmitted messages and
forwards them to their correct destinations over the most efficient
available route. On an interconnected set of LANs using the same
communications protocols, a router serves the somewhat different
function of acting as a link between LANs, enabling messages to be sent
from one to another.
RTS (Request-
To-Send)
Threshold
A signal sent, as from a computer to its modem, to request permission to
transmit. Transmitter contending for the medium may not hear each other.
RTS/CTS mechanism can solve this “Hidden Node Problem.” If the
packet size is smaller than the preset RTS Threshold size, the RTS/CTS
mechanism will not be enabled.
Server
1. On a LAN, a computer running administrative software that controls
access to the network and its resources, such as printers and disk drives,
and provides resources to computers functioning as workstations on the
network.
2. On the Internet or other network, a computer or program that responds
to commands from a client. For example, a file server may contain an
archive of data or program files; when a client submits a request for a file,
the server transfers a copy of the file to the client.
SSL (Secure
Sockets Layer)
Technology that allows you to send information that only the server can
read. SSL allows servers and browsers to encrypt data as they
communicate with each other. This makes it very difficult for third parties
to understand the communications.
Station (STA) Any device that contains an IEEE 802.11 conformant Medium Access
Control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) interface to the Wireless
Medium (WM).
Telnet An Internet protocol that enables Internet users to log on to another
computer linked to the Internet, including those that cannot directly
communicate with the Internet’s TCP/IP protocols. Telnet establishes a
“plain vanilla” computer terminal called a network virtual terminal. This
capability is frequently used to enable communications with bulletin
board systems (BBSs) and mainframe computers. For example, you will
often see hyperlinks to Telnet sessions while browsing the WWW. If you
click such a hyperlink, your browser starts a Telnet helper program, and
you see a text-only command window. In this window, you type
commands and see the remote system’s responses.