Encore electronic ENUWI-N3 Manuel D’Utilisation

 

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A family of specifications for wireless local area networks (WLANs) developed by a 
working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).  

ACL. This is a database of network devices that are allowed to access resources on the 
network. 

AP. Device that allows wireless clients to connect to it and access the network 

A Microsoft specification for the interaction of software components.  

ARP. Used to map MAC addresses to IP addresses so that conversions can be made in 
both directions. 

Peer-to-Peer network between wireless clients 

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 

AES. Government encryption standard 

Characters A-Z and 0-9 

Used to transmit and receive RF signals. 

A set of Local Area Network protocols developed by Apple for their computer systems 

AARP. Used to map the MAC addresses of Apple computers to their AppleTalk network 
addresses, so that conversions can be made in both directions. 

7th Layer of the OSI model. Provides services to applications to ensure that they can 
communicate properly with other applications on a network. 

American Standard Code for Information Interchange. This system of characters is most 
commonly used for text files 

The loss in strength of digital and analog signals. The loss is greater when the signal is 
being transmitted over long distances. 

To provide credentials, like a Password, in order to verify that the person or device is