AirLive WLA-9000AP User Manual

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18. Wireless Network Glossary

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connection using NAT technology. A wireless router is a device that combines the
functions of wireless Access Point and the IP sharing router.


RSSI

Receiver Sensitivity Index. RSSI is a value to show the Receiver Sensitivity of the remote

wireless device. In general, remote APs with stronger signal will display higher RSSI

values. For RSSI value, the smaller the absolute value is, the stronger the signal. For

example, “-50db” has stronger signal than “-80dB”. For outdoor connection, signal

stronger than -60dB is considered as a good connection.


RTS

Request To Send. A packet sent when a computer has data to transmit. The computer will
wait for a CTS (Clear To Send) message before sending data.


RTS Threshold

RTS (Request to Send). The RTS/CTS(clear to send) packet will be send before a frame
if the packet frame is larger than this value. Lower this value can improve the
performance if there are many clients in your network. You can try 1500, 1000 or 500
when there are many clients in your AP’s network.


SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol. A set of protocols for managing complex
networks. The SNMP network contains 3 key elements: managed devices, agents, and
network-management systems (NMSs). Managed devices are network devices that
content SNMP agents. SNMP agents are programs that reside SNMP capable device's
firmware to provide SNMP configuration service. The NMS typically is a PC based
software such as HP Openview that can view and manage SNMP network device remotely.


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

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