User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Compliance
- Table of Contents
- Section 1:Overview
- Section 2:Installation
- Section 3:Configuration
- Icon Description
- Enabling the Motorola Wireless Configuration Utility
- Connecting to an Existing Wireless Network
- Configuring a New Wireless Network
- Modifying Properties for a Configured Wireless Network
- Performance Enhancement
- Controlling the Radio
- Preferred Networks – Setting up the Connection Order
- Removing a Network from Your Preferred Network List
- Viewing Site Monitor Information
- Viewing Link Status
- Viewing Network Statistics
- Diagnostics
- Viewing Utility and Driver Version Information
- Advanced Configuration of the Wireless Network Adapter
- Section 4:Troubleshooting
- Section 5:Glossary
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Section 5:Glossary
A
Access Point (AP)
A device that provides wireless LAN connectivity to wireless
clients (stations).
Adapter
A device or card that connects a computer, printer, or other
peripheral device to the network or to some other device. A
wireless adapter connects a computer to the wireless LAN.
Address translation
See NAT.
Ad-Hoc Network
A temporary local area network connecting AP clients together,
usually just for the duration of the communication session. The
clients communicate directly to each other and not through an
established, such as through a router. Also known as: IBSS
(Independent Basic Service Set).
ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange refers
to alphanumeric data for processing and communication
compatibility among various devices; normally used for
asynchronous transmission.
B
Bandwidth
The transmission capacity of a medium in terms of a range of
frequencies. Greater bandwidth indicates the ability to transmit
more data over a given period of time.
bps
Bits Per Second
Broadband
A communications medium that can transmit a relatively large
amount of data in a given time period.