802 what?
802.3 designates ethernet, but this designates wireless
802.11
When configuring your new wireless router, you should change this account username and password
administrator
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
The first wireless security protocol
WEP
This popular technology is used to create a WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network)
Bluetooth
802.11a
This is a unique name given to the wireless network
SSID (Service Set Identifier)
DNS
Domain Name System
Since 2003 all wireless devices have been required to support this this security method in order to be Wi-Fi compliant
WPA2
Network Address Translation
The most recent wireless standard
802.11ac
If you forget your router's administrator password, you will probably need to do this.
Factory reset
NAT
Network Address Translation
If you use this security feature you will need to manually configure all wireless clients with the network name
Disable SSID broadcast
A router is often used as this to protect computers
Firewall
First wireless standard to introduce MIMO
802.11n
One of the last steps to setting up your SOHO router is to make sure this is updated or set it to update automatically.
Firmware
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
This security feature allows you to limit the computers that can access the network by their hardware address
MAC Filtering
WEP, WPA, and WPA2 are all examples of this
Wireless Encryption Method
802.11g
When setting up a SOHO wireless router, one of the very first steps you should take is changing this from the default
SSID
SSID
Service Set Identifier
As a security precaution, you should leave this network disabled on your wireless router unless you have a reason to enable it
Guest Access
Television remotes use this type of technology
Infrared