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communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is
typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in
the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy): A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit
or 152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
Wi-Fi: A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless
Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards
group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices.
WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network): A group of computers and associated devices
communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local
area.