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SSID
Service Set Identifier. 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.
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.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. TCP/IP is the protocol suite developed by the
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). TCP governs how a packet is sequenced for transmission
the network. The term "TCP/IP" is often used generically to refer to the entire suite of related protocols.
Transmit / Receive
The wireless throughput in bytes per second (Bps) averaged over two seconds.
WAN
Wide Area Network. A WAN consists of multiple LANs that are tied together via telephone services and
/ or fiber optic cabling. WANs may span a city, a state, a country, or even the world.