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Wireless Home Networking Simplified
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Wireless Home Networking Simplified

by Jim Doherty, Neil Anderson
December 2006
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
384 pages
10h 39m
English
Cisco Press
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WEP (Wired Equivalency Protocol)

Encryption security standard for 802.11-based wireless home networks.

Wi-Fi

A common reference to wireless networking; playing on the 1980s term for a high-fidelity (or Hi-Fi) stereo, Wi-Fi refers to wireless fidelity.

WiMax

A future wireless standard in the works that promises outdoor wide-area wireless networking, much like your cellular phone does today for voice.

WLAN

A wireless local-area network. See also LAN.

WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)

More recent encryption security standard for 802.11-based wireless home networks, considered more secure than WEP.

WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)

Latest encryption security standard for 802.11-based wireless home networks, considered more secure than WEP and WPA. ...

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