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take place, including the format, timing, sequencing and/ or error checking.
Roaming
In an infrastructure network, this is when a wireless PC moves out of range of
the previously connected access point and connects to a newly connected
access point. Throughout the network environment where access point is
deployed, PCs can always be connected regardless of where they are located
or roam.
SSID
A Network ID unique to a network. Only clients and Access Points that share
the same SSID are able to communicate with each other. This string is
case-sensitive.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Simple Network Management Protocol is the network management protocol of
TCP/IP. In SNMP, agents-which can be hardware as well as software-monitor
the activity in the various devices on the network and report to the network
console workstation. Control information about each device is maintained in a
structure known as a management information block.
Static IP Addressing
A method of assigning IP addresses to clients on the network. In networks with
Static IP address, the network administrator manually assigns an IP address to
each computer. Once a Static IP address is assigned, a computer uses the
same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network, unless it is
manually changed.
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
TCP/IP is the protocol suite developed by the Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA). It is widely used in corporate Internet works, because of its
superior design for WANs. TCP governs how packet is sequenced for
transmission the network. The term [TCP/IP] is often used generically to refer
to the entire suite of related protocols 16.
Transmit / Receive
The wireless throughput in Bytes per second averaged over two seconds.
Wide Area Network (WAN)
A WAN consists of multiple LANs that are tied together via telephone services
