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11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide
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Appendix 1 Glossary
Channel:
An instance of medium use for the pu rpose of passing
protocol data uni ts (P DUs) that may be used
simultaneously, in the same volume of space, with other
instances of medium use(on other channel s) by ot her
instances of the same ph ysical layer (PHY),wi th an
acceptably l ow fr ame error r atio(FER) due to mutua l
interference.
SSID:
SSID (S ervice S et Identi fier) is the network name
shared by all devi ces in a wi reless network. Y our
network’s SSID should be unique to your network a nd
identical for all devi ces wi thin the network. It is
case-sensitive and must not exceed 20 characters (use
any of the characters on the keyboard).Make sure this
setting i s th e same for all devi ces in your wireless
network.
WPA/WPA2 Encryption:
A security protocol for wireless networks that builds on
the basic foundations of WEP. It secur es wireless data
transmission by usi ng a key si milar t o WEP, but t he
added str ength of W PA i s that the key changes
dynamically. The changi ng key ma kes i t much mo re
difficult for a hacker to learn the key and gain access to