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societies in special areas, such as the IEEE Computer
Society.
Infrastructure Network An infrastructure network is a group of computers or other
devices, each with a wireless adapter, connected as an 802.11
wireless LAN. In infrastructure mode, the wireless devices
communicate with each other and to a wired network by first
going through an access point. An infrastructure wireless
network connected to a wired network is referred to as a
Basic Service Set (BSS). A set of two or more BSS in a
single network is referred to as an Extended Service Set
(ESS). Infrastructure mode is useful at a corporation scale,
or when it is necessary to connect the wired and wireless
networks.
IP Address In the most widely installed level of the Internet Protocol
(IP) today, an IP address is a 32-binary digit number that
identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent
in packet across the Internet. When you request an HTML
page or send e-mail, the Internet Protocol part of TCP/IP
includes your IP address in the message (actually, in each of
the packets if more than one is required) and sends it to the
IP address that is obtained by looking up the domain name in
the Uniform Resource Locator you requested or in the e-mail
address you're sending a note to. At the other end, the
recipient can see the IP address of the Web page requester or
the e-mail sender and can respond by sending another
message using the IP address it received.
IPCONFIG A utility that provides for querying, defining and managing
IP addresses within a network. A commonly used utility,
under Windows NT and 2000, for configuring networks with
static IP addresses.
ISP An ISP (Internet service provider) is a company that
provides individuals and companies access to the Internet
and other related services such as Web site building and
virtual hosting.
LAN A local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and
associated devices that share a common communications line
and typically share the resources of a single processor or
server within a small geographic area (for example, within an
office building).
MACAddress The MAC (Media Access Control) address is your
computer's unique hardware number.