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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)........................................................................... 74
3.1WHATAND HOW TO FIND MY PC’S IPAND MACADDRESS?............................................ 74
3.2WHAT IS WIRELESS LAN?................................................................................................ 74
3.3WHAT ARE ISM BANDS?................................................................................................... 74
3.4HOW DOES WIRELESS NETWORKING WORK?................................................................... 74
3.5WHAT IS BSSID?.............................................................................................................. 75
3.6WHAT IS ESSID?.............................................................................................................. 76
3.7WHAT ARE POTENTIAL FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSES INTERFERENCE?............................. 76
3.8WHAT ARE THE OPEN SYSTEM AND SHARED KEY AUTHENTICATIONS?........................... 76
3.9WHAT IS WEP?................................................................................................................. 76
3.10WHAT IS FRAGMENT THRESHOLD?................................................................................... 77
3.11WHAT IS RTS (REQUEST TO SEND)THRESHOLD?.......................................................... 77
3.12WHAT IS BEACON INTERVAL?........................................................................................... 78
3.13WHAT IS PREAMBLE TYPE?.............................................................................................. 78
3.14WHAT IS SSID BROADCAST?........................................................................................... 78
3.15WHAT IS WI-FI PROTECTED ACCESS (WPA)?................................................................. 78
3.16WHAT IS WPA2?............................................................................................................... 79
3.17WHAT IS 802.1X AUTHENTICATION?................................................................................. 79
3.18WHAT IS TEMPORAL KEY INTEGRITY PROTOCOL (TKIP)?............................................... 79
3.19WHAT IS ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES)?.................................................... 79
3.20WHAT IS INTER-ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL (IAPP)?...................................................... 80
3.21WHAT IS WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (WDS)? ..................................................... 80
3.22WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP)?............................................................... 80
3.23WHAT IS MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU) SIZE?................................................... 80
3.24WHAT IS CLONE MACADDRESS?.................................................................................... 80
3.25WHAT IS DDNS? .............................................................................................................. 81
3.26WHAT IS NTP CLIENT?..................................................................................................... 81
3.27WHAT IS VPN? ................................................................................................................. 81
3.28WHAT IS IPSEC?.............................................................................................................. 81
3.29WHAT IS WLANBLOCK RELAY BETWEEN CLIENTS?...................................................... 81
3.30WHAT IS WMM?............................................................................................................... 81
3.31WHAT IS WLANACKTIMOUT?..................................................................................... 81
3.32WHAT IS MODULATION CODING SCHEME (MCS)?........................................................... 82
3.33WHAT IS FRAME AGGREGATION?...................................................................................... 82
3.34WHAT IS GUARD INTERVALS (GI)? ................................................................................... 82
3.35WHAT IS MESH PROTOCOL?............................................................................................. 82
3.36WHICH 3.5G DEVICES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH RA-M100PLUS?.................................... 83