CRADLEPOINT IBR600 USER MANUAL Firmware ver. 3.3.0
Demilitarized zone
DMZ: A single computer or group of computers that can be accessed by both users on the internet as well as users on the Local Network, but that is not protected by the same security as the Local Network.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol: Used to automatically assign IP addresses from a predefined pool of addresses to computers or devices that request them.
Digital certificate
An electronic method of providing credentials to a server in order to have access to it or a network.
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSSS: Modulation technique used by 802.11b wireless devices.
DMZ
―Demilitarized Zone‖. A computer that logically sits in a
DNS
Domain Name System: Translates Domain Names to IP addresses.
Domain name
A name that is associated with an IP address.
Download
To send a request from one computer to another and have the file transmitted back to the requesting computer.
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line. High bandwidth internet connection over telephone lines.
Duplex
Sending and Receiving data transmissions at the same time.
Dynamic DNS service
Dynamic DNS is provided by companies to allow users with Dynamic IP addresses to obtain a Domain Name that will always be linked to their changing IP address. The IP address is updated by either client software running on a computer or by a router that supports Dynamic DNS, whenever the IP address changes.
Dynamic IP address
IP address that is assigned by a DHCP server and that may change. Cable internet providers usually use this method to assign IP addresses to their customers.
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol.
Electronic Mail is a
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