Asus WL-160G User Manual download pdf (Page 61)

5. Appendix

ASUS 802.11g Access Point 61

Chapter 5 - Appendix

RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

Routing Information Protocol(RIP1) is defined as a means by which routing

equipment can find the best path for transmitting data packets from one network

to another. Upgrades have been made to the RIP1 protocol, resulting in Routing

Information Protocol Version 2 (RIP2). RIP2 was developed to cover some of

the inefficiencies of RIP1.

Metric: RIP metric is a value of distance for the network. Usually RIP

increments the metric when the network information is received. Redistributed

routes' default metric offset is set to 1. These rules can be used to change the

metric offset only for the matched networks specified or excluded in the Route

Metric Offset table. But the metric offset of other networks is still set to 1.

SSID (Service Set ID)

SSID is a group name shared by every member of a wireless network. Only

client PCs with the same SSID are allowed to establish a connection.

Station

Any device containing IEEE 802.11 wireless medium access conformity.

Subnet Mask

A subnet mask is a set of four numbers configured like an IP address. It is used

to create IP address numbers used only within a particular network.

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

The standard transport level protocol that provides the full duplex, stream service

on which many application protocols depend. TCP allows a process or one

machine to send a stream of data to a process on another. Software implementing

TCP usually resides in the operating system and uses the IP to transmit

information across the network.

TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)

TKIP is used in WPA to replace WEP with a new encryption algorithm that

is stronger than the WEP algorithm but that uses the calculation facilities

present on existing wireless devices to perform encryption operations.

WAN (Wide Area Network)

A system of LANs, connected together. A network that connects computers

located in separate areas, (i.e., different buildings, cities, countries). The Internet

is a wide area network.

1 ... 60 61 62 ... 77

No comments

Asus WL-160G User Manual Page 61