Exam 6: Connecting Through a Wireless Network

characteristic in 802.11 standard that helps wireless devices take interference into account.

means that transmissions hop among 79 frequencies for each packet that is sent.

defined by 802.1x to allow only authenticated communications.

spreads a transmission over one or more adjoining frequencies, using greater bandwidth to transmit the signal.

communication method used by the IEEE 802.11R standard.

converted a computer's digital signal to an analog signal that was amplified by a transceiver and broadcast through an antenna.

device that can optionally attach to a cabled network and that services wireless communications between WNICs and the cabled network.

organization providing information about wireless networks.

transmits the signal between three antennas, one of which is on a satellite in space.