Glossary of Networking Terms
ActiveX - A technology that allows the sharing of applications and data across the Web. For example, Active X allows you to view Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat documents within the Internet Explorer Web browser without downloading the files and launching the appropriate application. The SonicWALL SSL VPN network client, NetExtender, uses an ActiveX control when launched or installed from Internet Explorer on Windows. With Firefox, XPCOM is used, which is similar to ActiveX. On Linux or MacOS systems, Java is used with NetExtender.
Default Gateway - A device on an internetwork that forwards packets to another network. DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol allocates IP addresses to computers on the
network automatically without assigning a computer a static (fixed) IP address.
DMZ - A network zone segregated from the LAN, typically used for servers accessible from the Internet. Traffic between the Internet and the DMZ and between the DMZ and the LAN can be carefully monitored and controlled. DMZ comes from “Demilitarized Zone”.
DNS - Domain Name System, a hierarchical naming system that resolves a domain name with its associated IP address. A DNS server looks up the name of a computer and finds the corresponding IP address. This allows users to access hosts using friendly
IP Address - Internet Protocol Address, a
LAN - A Local Area Network is typically a group of computers located at a single location, and is commonly based on the Ethernet architecture.
NetExtender - A network client that allows Windows users to connect to a network through the SonicWALL SSL VPN 4000. When using NetExtender, users have access to files and network resources as if they were physically within the network.
Portal - A gateway, usually through the Internet to network resources or services. The SonicWALL SSL VPN 4000 provides a Portal as the user interface for remote access to protected LAN resources such as Web and FTP servers, files shares, and remote desktops.
PPPoE - The Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet supports the transmission of network packets over an analog phone line.
Private IP Address - An IP address for a resource in your network that is not known or published outside the zone (for example LAN) where it is located.
Public IP Address - An IP address for a resource in your network that is published outside your network to the WAN.
Router - A device that routes data between networks through IP address information in the header of the IP packet. A router forwards packets to other routers until the packets reach their destination. The Internet is the largest example of a routed network.
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