Allied Telesis AT-TQ2403 Manuale Utente

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AT-TQ2403 - Management Software - User's Guide 

  Stations communicate through an Access Point in an Infrastructure Mode network. A single access point 

creates an infrastructure basic service set (BSS) whereas multiple access points are organized in an 

extended service set (ESS). 

 

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is a LAN that uses high-frequency radio waves rather than wires to 

communicate between its nodes. 

 

Wireless Multimedia (WMM) is an IEEE technology standard designed to improve the quality of audio, video 

and multimedia applications on a wireless network. Both access points and wireless clients (laptops, 

consumer electronics products) can be WMM-enabled. WMM features are based on is a subset of the 

WLAN IEEE 802.11e draft specification. Wireless products that are built to the standard and pass a set of 

quality tests can carry the "Wi-Fi certified for WMM" label to ensure interoperability with other such 

products. For more information, see the WMM page on the Wi-Fi Alliance Web site: 

 

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a Wi-Fi Alliance version of the draft IEEE 802.11i standard. It provides 

more sophisticated data encryption than WEP and also provides user authentication. WPA includes TKIP 

and 802.1x mechanisms. 
 

WiFi Protected Access (WPA2) is an enhanced security standard, described in IEEE 802.11i, that uses 

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for data encryption. 

 

The original WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) for data encyrption. WPA2 is backwards- 
compatible with products that support the original WPA. 

 

WPA2, like the original WPA, supports an Enterprise and Personal version. The Enterprise version requires 

use of IEEE 802.1x security features and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication with a 

RADIUS server. 

 
The Personal version does not require IEEE 802.1x or EAP. It uses a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) password to 

generate the keys needed for authentication. 

 

Wireless Robust Authentication Protocol (WRAP) is an encryption method for 802.11i that uses AES but 

another encryption mode (

 for encryption and integrity. 

 

 

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a specification developed by the 

 XML is a simple, flexible 

text format derived from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) designed especially for electronic 
publishing.