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advanced traffic management. QoS enables Wi-Fi access points to prioritize
traffic and optimize the way shared network resources are allocated among
different applications. Without QoS, all applications running on different devices
have equal opportunity to transmit data frames. That works well for data traffic
from applications such as web browsers, file transfers, or e-mail but it is
inadequate for multimedia applications. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),
video streaming, and interactive gaming are highly sensitive to latency
increases and throughput reductions and require QoS. QoS extensions for
802.11 networks will be addressed in the upcoming IEEE 802.11e standard.
Router
A device that forwards data packets along networks. A router is connected to at
least two networks, commonly two LANs or WANs or a LAN and its ISP
network. Routers are located at gateways, the places where two or more
networks connect.
Subnet Mask
A mask used to determine which subnet an IP address belongs to. An IP
address has two components, the network address and the host address.
Subnetting enables the network administrator to further divide the host part of
the address into two or more subnets.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), the suite of
communications protocols used to connect hosts on the Internet.
VPN
Virtual private networks are secured private network connections, built on top of
publicly accessible infrastructure, such as the Internet or the public telephone
network. VPNs typically employ some combination of encryption, digital
certificates, strong user authentication and access control to provide security to
the traffic they carry. They usually provide connectivity to many machines
behind a gateway or firewall.
WAN
Wide Area Network, a communication network that covers a relatively broad
geographic area, consisting of two or more LANs. Broadband communication
over the WAN is often through public networks such as the ADSL or Cable
systems, or through leased lines or satellites. To simplify it, please image
network as a WAN.
WEP
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a data privacy mechanism based on a
64/128-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
WMM™
Wi-Fi Multimedia. A group of features for wireless networks that improve the
user experience for audio, video and voice applications. WMM is based on a
subset of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard. WMM adds prioritized