User's Manual Part 5

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Network
192 Glossary of Terms
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IAPP
(InterAP Protocol) A protocol being developed as the 802.11f version of the IEEE
802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN) specification to support interoperability, mobility,
handover, and coordination among Access Points (APs). Implemented on top of
IP, IAPP uses UDP/IP and Sub-network Access Protocol (SNAP) as transfer
protocols. See also, 802.11x.
IAS
(Internet Authentication Service) Microsoft's RADIUS server. See also, RADIUS.
IGMP
(Internet Group Management Protocol) An Internet protocol defined in RFC
2236 used to report its multicast group membership to neighboring multicast
routers.
IPsec
A Layer 3 authentication and encryption protocol. Used to secure VPNs. See
also, encryption and VPN.
MAC address
(Media Access Control Address) A 6-byte hexadecimal address assigned by a
manufacturer to a device.
master secret
A code derived from the pre-master secret. A master secret is used to encrypt
Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication exchanges and to derive a pair-
wise master key (PMK). See also, PMK and TLS.
Mbps
(Megabits per second) A standard measure for data transmission speeds (for
example, the rate at which information travels over the Internet). 1 Mbps
denotes one million bits per second.