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6. Wireless Network Glossary

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SSH

Developed by SSH Communications Security Ltd., Secure Shell is a program to log

into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine,

and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and

secure communications over insecure channels. It is a replacement for rlogin, rsh,

rcp, and rdist.

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer. It is a popular encryption scheme used by many online retail

and banking sites to protect the financial integrity of transactions. When an SSL

session begins, the server sends its public key to the browser. The browser then

sends a randomly generated secret key back to the server in order to have a secret

key exchange for that session. SSL VPN is also known as Web VPN. The HTTPS

and SSH management interface use SSL for data encryption.

Subnet Mask

An address code mask that determines the size of the network. An IP subnet are

determined by performing a BIT-wise AND operation between the IP address and

the subnet mask. By changing the subnet mask, you can change the scope and size

of a network.

Subnetwork or Subnet

Found in larger networks, these smaller networks are used to simplify addressing

between numerous computers. Subnets connect to the central network through a

router, hub or gateway. Each individual wireless LAN will probably use the same

subnet for all the local computers it talks to.

Super A

Super A is an Atheros proprietary turbo mode to increase speed over standard

802.11a mode. It adds Bursting and Compression to increase the speed. If you live

in countries that prohibit the channel binding technology (i.e. Europe), you should

choose “Super-A without Turbo) if you need more speed than 11a mode

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