Network Router User Manual

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communicatewitheachother.
SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)
SNMPisanInte rnet‐standardprotocolformanagingdevicesonIPnetworks.
Snooping
Passivelywatchinganetworkfordatathatcanbeusedtobenefitahacker,suchaspasswords.
TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol(TKIP)
Anencryptionprotocolthatuses128‐bitkeysthataredynamicallygeneratedanddistributedby
theauthenticationserver.TKIPregularlychangesandrotatestheencryptionkeyssothatthe
sameencryptionkeyisneverusedtwice.
TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol(TCP/IP)
Aprotocolpermittingcommunicationsoverandbetweennetworks.TheTCP /IPprotocolisthe
basisforInternetcommunications.
WeightedFairQueuing(WFQ)
WFQservicesqueuesbasedontheirpriorityandqueueweight.Queueswithlargerweightsget
moreservicethanqueueswithsmallerweights.Thisqueuingmechanismishighlyefficientinthat
itdividesanyavailablebandwidthacrossthedifferenttrafficqueues.SeealsoQueuing
Algorithms.
WiredEquivalentPrivacy(WEP)
Asecurityprotoc olthatprovidesaWLANwithalevelofsecurityandprivacycomparabletowhat
isusuallyexpectedofawiredLAN.WEPencryptsdatatransmittedbetweenwiredandWLANsto
keepthe transmissionprivate.
WirelessLocal‐AreaNetwork(WLAN)
WLANsuseRFtechnologytotransmitandreceivedatawirelesslyinacertainarea.Thisallows
usersinasmallzonetotransmitdataandshareresources,suchasprinters,withoutphysically
connectingeachcomputerwithcables.
Wi‐FiProtectedAccess(WPA)
AsubsetoftheIEEE802.11istandard.WPAappliesIEEE802.1xandExtensibleAuthentication
Protoc ol(EAP)toauthenticatewirelessclientsusinganexternalRADIUSdatabase.WPAencrypts
databyusingTemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol(TKIP),MessageIntegrityCheck(MIC)andIEEE
802.1x.SeealsoWPA‐PSK(WPA‐Pre‐SharedKey).
Wi‐FiMultiMedia(WMM)
PartoftheIEEE802.11eQoSenhancementtotheWi‐Fistandardthatensuresqualityofservice
formultimediaapplicationsinWLANs.
WirelessClientSupplicants
Awirelessclientsupplicantisthesoftwarethatrunsonanoperatingsysteminstructingthe
wirelessclienthowtouseWPA.
WPA‐Pre‐SharedKey(WPA‐PSK)
WPA‐PSKrequiresasingle(identical)passwordenteredintoeachaccesspoint,wirelessgateway
andwirelessclient.Aslongasthepasswordsmatch,aclientwillbegrantedaccesstoaWLAN.
SeealsoWPA.