Asus WL-320gE - Manual (Page 57)

5.
Appendix
ASUS 802.11g Access Point 5
Chapter 5 - Appendix
Radio Frequency (RF) Terms: GHz, MHz, Hz
The international unit for measuring frequency is Hertz (Hz), equivalent to the
older unit of cycles per second. One megahertz (MHz) is one million Hertz. One
gigahertz (GHz) is one billion Hertz. The standard US electrical power frequency is
60 Hz, the AM broadcast radio frequency band is 0.55-1.6 MHz, the FM broadcast
radio frequency band is 88-108 MHz, and wireless 802.11 LANs operate at 2.4
GHz.
RIP (Routing Information Protocol)
Routing Information Protocol(RIP1) is defined as a means by which routing
equipment can find the best path for transmitting data packets from one network
to another. Upgrades have been made to the RIP1 protocol, resulting in Routing
Information Protocol Version 2 (RIP2). RIP2 was developed to cover some of the
inefficiencies of RIP1.
Metric: RIP metric is a value of distance for the network. Usually RIP increments
the metric when the network information is received. Redistributed routes’ default
metric offset is set to 1. These rules can be used to change the metric offset only
for the matched networks specified or excluded in the Route Metric Offset table.
But the metric offset of other networks is still set to 1.
SSID (Service Set ID)
SSID is a group name shared by every member of a wireless network. Only client
PCs with the same SSID are allowed to establish a connection.
Station
Any device containing IEEE 802.11 wireless medium access conformity.
Subnet Mask
A subnet mask is a set of four numbers configured like an IP address. It is used to
create IP address numbers used only within a particular network.
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
The standard transport level protocol that provides the full duplex, stream service
on which many application protocols depend. TCP allows a process or one
machine to send a stream of data to a process on another. Software implementing
TCP usually resides in the operating system and uses the IP to transmit
information across the network.
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)
TKIP is used in WPA to replace WEP with a new encryption algorithm that is
stronger than the WEP algorithm but that uses the calculation facilities present on
existing wireless devices to perform encryption operations.
WAN (Wide Area Network)
A system of LANs, connected together. A network that connects computers located
in separate areas, (i.e., different buildings, cities, countries). The Internet is a wide
area network.