TP-Link TL-ER604W manual Port or device that connects to a LAN. Other devices

Glossary

Description

		Standardized data link layer address that is required for every
		port or device that connects to a LAN. Other devices in the
	MAC address（Media	network use these addresses to locate specific ports in the
	Access Control address）	network and to create and update routing tables and data
M		structures. MAC addresses are 6 bytes long and are controlled
		by the IEEE.
	MTU（Maximum	The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be transmitted.
	Transmission Unit）
		Mechanism for reducing the need for globally unique IP
	NAT（Network Address	addresses. NAT allows an organization with addresses that are
	Translator）	not globally unique to connect to the Internet by translating
N		those addresses into globally routable address space.
	NTP Server	NTP Server is used for synchronising the time across computer
		networks.
	POP3（Post Office Protocol	POP3 is intended to permit a workstation to dynamically access
	3）	a maildrop on a server host in a useful fashion.
P
	PPPoE（Point-to-Point	PPPoE is a network protocol for encapsulating Point-to-Point
	Protocol over Ethernet）	Protocol (PPP) frames inside Ethernet frames.
	SMTP（Simple Mail	SMTP is an Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail)
	Transfer Protocol）	transmission
	SSH（Secure Shell	SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged
	Protocol）	using a secure channel between two networked devices.
S

SA （Security Association）SA is the establishment of shared security attributes between two network entities to support secure communication.

TCP（Transfer Control	Connection-oriented transport layer protocol that provides
Protocol）	reliable full-duplex data transmission.
TCP/IP（Transmission	Common name for the suite of protocols to support the
Control Protocol/ Internet	construction of worldwide Internet works. TCP and IP are the
T Protocol）	two best-known protocols in the suite.

Telnet（Telecommunication Telnet is used for remote terminal connection, enabling users to

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