Adaptadores Wireless
Appendix 1: Acronyms and Terms
WLAN:
Wireless Local Area Network
802.11:
A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for WLAN technology.
802.11a:
transmission in the 5 GHz UNI radio band.
802.11b:
transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band. 802.11b uses DSSS modulation.
802.11g:
transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band. 802.11b uses OFDM modulation and is
backwards compatible with 802.11b.
802.11n:
technology.
WEP:
Wired Equivalent Privacy. A security protocol for WLANs defined in the IEEE
802.11 standard.
WPA:
Wireless Protected Access, adopts rotating keys.
RSN:
Robust Security Network. A substitute for WPA, and it adopts 802.1x standard and
advanced encryption
ICS:
Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing enables multi-computer to share access to
Internet via one PC.
Appendix 2: How to Set WPS
WPS setting supports two modes :PBC and PIN. The detailed setting steps are as follows:
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An extension to 802.11 WLAN standards that provides up to 54 Mbps
An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 11 Mbps
An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 54 Mbps
higher transmission rate, supports Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO)