Intermec 700 - Manual (Page 395)

Configurable Settings Appendix — A
371 700 Series Color Mobile Computer User’s Manual
Wireless Network Control Panel Applet
Note: See Chapter 4, “Network Support,” for information about the
802.11b or 802.11b/g radio module.
About the Wireless Network
Your wireless adapter (network interface card) connects to wireless net-
works of two types: infrastructure networks and ad-hoc networks.
S Infrastructure networks get you onto your corporate network and the
internet. Your 700 Color Computer establishes a wireless connection to
an access point, which links you to the rest of the network. When you
connect to a network via an access point, you are using the 802.11b or
802.11b/g infrastructure mode.
S Ad-hoc networks are private networks shared between two or more cli-
ents, even with no access point.
Each wireless network is assigned a name (or Service Set Identifier —
SSID) to allow multiple networks to coexist in the same area without in-
fringement.
Intermec Technologies recommends using security measures with wireless
networks to prevent unauthorized access to your network and to ensure
your privacy of transmitted data. The following are required elements for
secure networks:
S Authentication by both the network and the user
S Authentication is cryptographically protected
S Transmitted data
There are many schemes available for implementing these features.
Terminology
Below are terms you may encounter as you configure your wireless net-
work:
S CKIP (Cisco Key Integrity Protocol)
This is Cisco’s version of the TKIP protocol, compatible with Cisco
Airnet products.
S EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol)
802.11b or 802.11b/g uses this protocol to perform authentication.
This is not necessarily an authentication mechanism, but is a common
framework for transporting actual authentication protocols. Intermec
Technologies provides a number of EAP protocols for you to choose the
best for your network.