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GLOSSARY
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6710 Access Point User’s Guide Glossary-5
IP Subnet
An
IP subnet is a single member of the collection of hard-
ware networks that compose an IP network. Host address-
es on a given subnet share an IP network number with
hosts on all other subnets of that IP network, but the local
address part is divided into subnet-number and hostnum-
ber fields to indicate which subnet a host is on.
IP Wireless Station
An
IP wireless station is any PC-compatible computing sta-
tion running IP. (A PEN*KEY
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computer is an IP wireless
station if it is running an off-the-shelf IP protocol stack.)
LAN (Local Area Network)
A
LAN is a group of network devices in which each device
can communicate through a wired or wireless link. The
wired link may be composed of several segments joined by
repeaters and bridges. The LAN is characterized by the rel-
atively short distance it is designed to cover, a high speed of
operation, and relatively low error rates. The geographic
scope of LANs is limited to thousands of feet or closely-
spaced building complexes.
MAC (Media Access Control) Sublayer
The
MAC sublayer is the lower portion of the Data Link
layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.
Mobile IP Wireless Station
In this user’s guide, a
mobile IP wireless station is any IP
wireless station that can roam across IP subnet boundaries.