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Wirles network devices? |
NIC, Wireless AP, Wireless Bridge |
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Wireless NIC |
Network Interface Card. sends and recieves signals |
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Wireless AP |
Wireless Access Point. NIC connects to AP and AP manages network communication. |
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Wireless Bridge |
Connects to APs into single network or connects AP to a wired network. |
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2 Connection methods for wireless: |
Ad hoc and infrastructure. |
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Ad Hoc |
type of wireless network that works in peer to peer. NICs in each host communicate directly with each other. difficult to maintain because connections are created between every individual host. |
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Infrastructure |
type of network that employs and access point that functions like hub on ethernet network., with infrastructure you can easily add hosts and AP can easily be connected to wired network allowing clients to access both wired and wireless hosts. |
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SSID |
Service Set Identifier, aka network namec groups wireless devices together into same logical netowrk. devices on same network have same SSID. |
