May 2012
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
21h 7m
English
book
CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator Official Study Guide: Exam PW0-105, 3rd Edition
by David D. Coleman, David A. Westcott
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Chapter 7
Wireless LAN Topologies
In this chapter, you will learn about the following:
Wireless networking topologies
Wireless wide area network (WWAN)
Wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN)
Wireless personal area network (WPAN)
Wireless local area network (WLAN)
802.11 topologies
Access point
Client station
Integration service (IS)
Distribution system (DS)
Wireless distribution system (WDS)
Service set identifier (SSID)
Basic service set (BSS)
Basic service set identifier (BSSID)
Basic service area (BSA)
Extended service set (ESS)
Independent basic service set (IBSS)
Mesh basic service set (MBSS)
802.11 configuration modes
Access point modes
Client station modes
A computer network is a system that provides communications between computers. ...
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