User's Manual

Preferred
network
One of the networks that has been configured. Such networks are listed
under Preferred networks on the Wireless Networks tab of the Wireless
Network Connection Properties (Windows* XP environment).
RADIUS
(Remote
Authentication
Dial-In User
Service)
RADIUS is an authentication and accounting system that verifies user's
credentials and grants access to requested resources.
RF (Radio
Frequency)
The international unit for measuring frequency is Hertz (Hz), which is
equivalent to the older unit of cycles per second. One MegaHertz (MHz) is
one million Hertz. One GigaHertz (GHz) is one billion Hertz. For reference:
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 microwave ovens typically operate at 2.45 GHz.
Roaming Movement of a wireless node between two micro cells. Roaming usually
occurs in infrastructure networks built around multiple access points.
Current wireless network roaming is only supported in the same subnet of
a network.
RTS threshold The number of frames in the data packet at or above which an RTS/CTS
(request to send/clear to send) handshake is turned on before the packet
is sent. The default value is 2347.
Shared key An encryption key known only to the receiver and sender of data. This is
also referred to as a pre-shared key.
SIM
(Subscriber
Identity
Module)
A SIM card is used to validate credentials with the network. A SIM card is a
special smart card used by GSM-based digital cellular networks.
Silent mode Silent Mode Access Points or Wireless Routers have been configured to not
broadcast the SSID for the wireless network. This makes it necessary to
know the SSID in order to configure the wireless profile to connect to the
access point or wireless router.
Single Sign On Single Sign On feature set allows the 802.1X credentials to match your
Windows log on user name and password credentials for wireless network
connections.
SSID (Service
Set Identifier)
SSID or network name is a value that controls access to a wireless
network. The SSID for your wireless network card must match the SSID
for any access point that you want to connect with. If the value does not
match, you are not granted access to the network. Each SSID may be up
to 32 alphanumeric characters long and is case-sensitive.