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connection to an Infrastructure network. 
RTS: Request TSend. An RS-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the 
receiving station requesting permission to transmit. 
RTS Threshold: Transmitters contending for the medium may not be aware of 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. 
SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and 
nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in 
the wireless network. 
Subnet Mask: The method used for splitting IP networks into a series of sub-groups, 
or subnets. The mask is a binary pattern that is matched up with the IP address to turn 
part of the host ID address field into a field for subnets. 
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol. The basic communication 
language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol 
in a private network, i.e. intranet or internet. When you are set up with direct access to 
the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as 
every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has 
a copy of TCP/IP. 
Throughput: The amount of data transferred successfully from one point to another 
in a given period of time. 
WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an encryption scheme used to protect 
wireless data communication. To enable the icon will prevent other stations without 
the same WEP key from linking with the AP. 
Wireless Bridge – One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54mpbs 
Access Point, which allows a pair of APs to act as the bridge that connects two 
Ethernet networks or Ethernet enabled clients together.