A method for hiding information such that only the sender and the intended recipient can read it.

ESSID stands for Extended Service Set Identifier. It is a way to identify a WiFi network by name. Also called SSID and BSSID.

802.11a The first publicly available iteration of WiFi, this standard operates in the 5GHz range and offers speeds of up to 54Mbps. 802.11b The most [..]

The computer or network device that serves as an interface between wireless- equipped computers and the rest of the network. Using an Access Point as the network backbone, each computer co [..]

Used to describe a Peer-to-Peer network, as opposed to a Peer-to-AP (Infrastructure) Network. This mode allows spontaneous generation of a wireless network, connecting each computer direct [..]

The term used to describe the amount of information that can be transmitted over a given connection. Usually given in bits-per-second or megabits-per-second. Also occasionally given in byt [..]

A device used to connect one network or device type to another, for instance wireless to wired.

A Channel is a specific frequency range, usually only one MHz wide and separated from other channels by as few as five MHz, that a WiFi adapter has access to at any given time. The Channel [..]

DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Essentially the DHCP protocol allows dynamic IP address configuration, meaning the user does not have to define an IP address, DNS, Gat [..]

DNS stands for Domain Name Service. The DNS translates the plain-english URLs that everyone is used to typing in, like www.datapro.net, into the numerical IP address for the server that th [..]