Dell U8510 User Guide - Page 27
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Glossary Ad-Hoc network A stand-alone or peer-to-peer network in which wireless devices communicate directly with one another without using a wireless access point or base station. ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. BSS type Basic Service Set, the type of wireless network that you are using. The BSS type can be one of the following: Infrastructure network Ad-Hoc network Channel number The channel number automatically defaults to Auto. You can select a channel if your configuration requires that a channel be selected. In the US, valid channel numbers range from 1 to 11; in Europe, they range from 1 to 13. Data encryption mode The security protocol that is used to protect data that is transferred accross your wireless network and provide network authentication. You can use one of the following protocols for data encryption: None Shared-WEP (Wired Equivalency Protocol) The wireless network may use one to four WEP keys. A WEP key is like a password and must meet the following criteria: If using Hex characters, valid keys are either 10 or 26 characters long, and are comprised of 0-9 and A-F. If using ASCII, valid keys are either 5 or 13 characters long, and are comprised of the standard ASCII characters. WPA-Personal (TKIP:PSK)-WPA (WiFi Protected Access) in PSK (Pre-Shared Key) mode
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