Airlink AICN500 User Manual - Page 52
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User Name Utility UTP W WAN WEP Windows WPA WPA2 The USERNAME is the unique name assigned to each person who has access to the LAN. It is a program that performs a specific task. Unshielded twisted-pair. UTP is a form of cable used by all access methods. It consists of several pairs of wires enclosed in an unshielded sheath. Wide-Area Network. A wide-area network consists of groups of interconnected computers that are separated by a wide distance and communicate with each other via common carrier telecommunication techniques. WEP is widely used as the basic security protocol in Wi-Fi networks, which secures data transmissions using 64-bit or 128-bit encryption. Windows is a graphical user interface for workstations that use DOS. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access ) is used to improve the security of Wi-Fi networks, replacing the current WEP standard. It uses its own encryption, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), to secure data during transmission. Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, the latest security specification that provides greater data protection and network access control for Wi-Fi networks. WPA2 uses the governmentgrade AES encryption algorithm and IEEE 802.1X-based authentication, which are required to secure large corporate networks. - 51 -