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Channel or
RF Channel
You can select which channel your network devices use to
communicate. All devices must be on the same channel to
communicate in Ad-Hoc mode. Other radio devices such
as Bluetooth® wireless devices, microwave ovens, or 2.4-
GHz cordless phones may operate/interfere if they are on
the same channel as your network.
DHCP or
Dynamic Host
Configuration
Protocol
One of the available boot methods. It is a protocol that
issues IP addresses automatically within a specified range
to devices (such as printers) when they are first turned on.
The device keeps the IP address for a defined period of
time set by your System Administrator; however, a device
could have a different IP address every time it connects to
the network.
EAP (Extensible
Authentication
Protocol)
Defines how to pass authentication information between
the device and authentication server. The authentication
is handled by the EAP type: FAST, TLS, TTLS, etc.
FAST (Flexible
Authentication via
Secure Tunneling)
Cisco Systems® developed this authentication protocol. It
does not use certificates to authenticate, but a PAC
(Protected Access Credential), which is managed
dynamically by the server. The PAC is distributed one at
a time to the client manually or automatically.
Gateway Allows connections (communications) between different
subnets on a network.
Infrastructure
Mode
Requires an access point to communicate with other
devices on the network. In infrastructure mode, wireless
devices can communicate with each other or with a wired
network.
IP Address An Internet Protocol identifier for a device on a network.
It consists of four 3-digit numeric fields, separated by
periods. Each number can be zero to 255. An IP address
has two components, the network address and the host
address. Most company networks have ranges for their IP
addresses.
LAN or
Local Area
Network
A computer network that connects personal computers,
workstations, servers, and printers. This allows each user
on the network the ability to share devices, such as
printers, and communicate with each other via email, etc.
LANs can be connected to each other by telephone lines
or radio waves. See WLAN.
LEAP (Lightweight
Extensible
Authentication
Protocol)
Cisco Systems® introduced this authentication protocol
and provides mutual authentication with unique WEP keys
for each user. New keys are issued based on a time limit.
Changing the WEP key time limits provides additional
security.
G-2 Ethernet Operating Instructions