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27 Cards in this Set
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What is an NIC card? |
Network Interface Card for enabling computer to connect to network. |
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Ad Hoc Network |
Peer-To-Peer (Computer to computer directly connected network) |
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What is LAN? |
Local Wireless Network - Short range network. |
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What is a BSS? |
Basic Service Set - Computer network consisting of only computers and an access point. |
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What is the range of wireless LAN? |
100 meters (clear line of sight) |
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What are the wireless LAN frequencies? |
900 MHz, 2.4 Ghz, 5 Ghz |
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IEEE Standard for WiFi networks. |
The 802 Standards |
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802.11 |
IEEE Wireless Standard for WiFi |
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Year first wireless LAN turned on under 802.11. |
What 1997 is know for in wireless network history (2.4Ghz). |
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Speed of 802.11 legacy. |
2 Mbps in terms of 802.11 |
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1999 improvements over 802 |
802.11a (5Ghz/54Mbps) and 802.b (2.4Ghz/11 Mbps) |
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Year of release of 802.11g and key feature |
2003 - 2.4Ghz/54 Mbps |
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Year of release of 802.11n and key feature |
802.11n - 2.4Ghz&5Ghz/300 Mbps |
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What is WEP? |
Wired Equivalent Privacy (1997) |
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What is WPA? |
Wi-Fi Protected Assess (2003) - Uses TKIP. |
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What is TKIP? |
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol - Security Protocol |
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What is WPA2? |
Wi-FI Protected Access II (2004) - Uses AES. |
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What is AES? |
Advanced Encryption Standard - Security Protocol |
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What is Wireless MAN? |
Metropolitan Area Network) Interconnected LANs - Utilizes WiMax |
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What is WiMAX? |
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (IEEE 802.16 Gbit/s) |
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What is Wireless WAN? |
Wide Area Network - Connecting large area - Connecting cities. |
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What does the "G" stand for in WAN terminology such as 2G, 3G, 5G? |
G stands for Generation. |
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What is Wireless PAN? |
Personal Area Network - Device between close-by devices such as Bluetooth. |
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What is Bluetooth? |
2.4 ISM band PAN technology. (721Kbpw/typical 10 meter range) |
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Kademlia Distributed Hash Table |
DHT |
Part of documents |
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Shard |
Section |
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Swarm |
Non-distributed network storage |
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