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Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS). 

¾  SSID - A  Service  Set  Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key 

identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to 

communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is 

typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in 

the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name. See also Wireless Network 

Name and ESSID. 

¾  WEP - (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 

152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard. To gain access to a 

WEP network, you must know the key. The key is a string of characters that you create. 

When using WEP, you must determine the level of encryption. The type of encryption 

determines the key length. 128-bit encryption requires a longer key than 64-bit encryption. 

Keys are defined by entering in a string in HEX (hexadecimal - using characters 0-9, A-F) or 

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange – alphanumeric characters) 

format. ASCII format is provided so you can enter a string that is easier to remember. The 

ASCII string is converted to HEX for use over the network. Four keys can be defined so that 

you can change keys easily. 

¾  Wi-Fi - A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless 

Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards 

group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices. 

¾  WLAN -  (Wireless  Local  Area  Network) - A group of computers and associated devices 

communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local 

area. 

¾  WPA - (Wi-Fi  Protected  Access)  - A wireless security protocol use TKIP (Temporal Key 

Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can be used in conjunction with a RADIUS server.