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  2. SoftAP - Wikipedia

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    The app then asks the user for the user's private Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and passkey; The app sends the SSID and passkey to the headless device over the SoftAP connection. The headless device then falls off the SoftAP network and joins the user's private Wi-Fi network. This process can work well, but there are two core problems.

  3. Passive optical network - Wikipedia

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    A fiber optic cable assembly with SC APC connectors, as commonly used to link optical network terminals to passive optical networks. A passive optical network (PON) is a fiber-optic telecommunications network that uses only unpowered devices to carry signals, as opposed to electronic equipment.

  4. Out-of-band management - Wikipedia

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    An out-of-band management device. In systems management, out-of-band management (OOB; also lights-out management or LOM) is a process for accessing and managing devices and infrastructure at remote locations through a separate management plane from the production network.

  5. Wi-Fi Protected Access - Wikipedia

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    The flaw allows a remote attacker to recover the WPS PIN and, with it, the router's WPA/WPA2 password in a few hours. [48] Users have been urged to turn off the WPS feature, [49] although this may not be possible on some router models. Also, the PIN is written on a label on most Wi-Fi routers with WPS, which cannot be changed if compromised.

  6. Open Shortest Path First - Wikipedia

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    The routers in an Ethernet or Frame Relay network select a designated router (DR) and a backup designated router (BDR) which act as a hub to reduce traffic between routers. OSPF uses both unicast and multicast transmission modes to send "hello" packets and link-state updates.

  7. Air gap (networking) - Wikipedia

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    An air gapped network (right) with no connection to a nearby internet-connected network (left) An air gap, air wall, air gapping [1] or disconnected network is a network security measure employed on one or more computers to ensure that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. [2]

  8. Quality of service - Wikipedia

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    Despite these network technologies remaining in use today, this kind of network lost attention after the advent of Ethernet networks. Today Ethernet is, by far, the most popular layer 2 technology. Conventional Internet routers and network switches operate on a best-effort basis. This equipment is less expensive, less complex and faster and ...

  9. Network address translation - Wikipedia

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    Network address translation between a private network and the Internet. Network address translation (NAT) is a method of mapping an IP address space into another by modifying network address information in the IP header of packets while they are in transit across a traffic routing device. [1]