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1157| Glossary of Terms AOS-W 6.5.3.x| User Guide
VRF Plan
VisualRF Plan. A stand-alone Windows client used for basic planning procedures such as adding a floor plan,
provisioning APs, and generating a Bill of Materials report.
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol. VRRP is an election protocol that dynamically assigns responsibility for a
virtual router to one of the VRRP routers on a LAN.
VSA
Vendor-Specific Attribute. VSA is a method for communicating vendor-specific information between NASs and
RADIUS servers.
VTP
VLAN Trunking Protocol. VTP is a Cisco proprietary protocol for propagating VLANs on a LAN.
walled garden
walled garden is feature that allows blocking of unauthorized users from accessing network resources.
WAN
Wide Area Network. WAN is a telecommunications network or computer network that extends over a large
geographical distance.
WASP
Wireless Application Service Provider. WASP provides a web-based access to applications and services that
would otherwise have to be stored locally and makes it possible for customers to access the service from a
variety of wireless devices, such as a smartphone or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).
WAX
Wireless abstract XML. WAX is an abstract markup language and a set of tools that is designed to help
wireless application development as well as portability. Its tags perform at a higher level of abstraction than
that of other wireless markup languages such as HTML, HDML, WML, XSL, and more.
W-CDMA
Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access. W-CDMA is a third-generation (3G) mobile wireless technology that
promises much higher data speeds to mobile and portable wireless devices.
web service
Web services allow businesses to share and process data programmatically. Developers who want to provide
integrated applications can use the API to programmatically perform actions that would otherwise require
manual operation of the user interface.
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is a security protocol that is specified in 802.11b and is designed to provide a
WLAN with a level of security and privacy comparable to what is usually expected of a wired LAN.