THOMSON Gateway - WLAN Components and Topologies

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Contents
About this Wireless Configuration Guide ................................ 1
1 Introducing Wireless Networking .............................................. 3
1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 3
1.2 WLAN Components and Terminology ............................................................. 5
2 802.11 Standards .......................................................................11
2.1 MAC Sublayer ............................................................................................... 13
2.2 802.11a ......................................................................................................... 16
2.3 802.11b ......................................................................................................... 19
2.4 802.11g ......................................................................................................... 22
3 Security....................................................................................... 25
3.1 Disabling SSID Broadcasting ........................................................................ 27
3.2 MAC Address Filtering .................................................................................. 28
3.3 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) .................................................................... 29
3.4 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)....................................................................... 31
3.5 WPA2 ............................................................................................................ 35
4 Wi-Fi Multi Media (WMM)......................................................... 37
5 Wireless Distribution System (WDS)....................................... 39
6 Virtual Access Points................................................................. 41
6.1 What is a Virtual Access Point? .................................................................... 42
6.2 Multiple SSIDs .............................................................................................. 44
6.3 Architectural Elements ................................................................................. 46
7 Thomson Gateway Wireless Configuration ............................ 47