D-Link DGL-4300 manual Appendix

Appendix

P

Password - A sequence of characters that is used to authenticate requests to resources on a network

Personal Area Network – The interconnection of networking devices within a range of 10 meters

Physical layer – The first layer of the OSI model. Provides the hardware means of transmitting electrical signals on a data carrier

PoE – Power over Ethernet is the means of transmitting electricity over the unused pairs in a category 5

Ethernet cable

POP 3 – Post Office Protocol 3 is used for receiving email

PPP– Point-to-Point Protocol is used for two computers to communicate with each over a serial interface, like a phone line

PPPoE – Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet is used to connect multiple computers to a remote server over

Ethernet

PPTP – Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol is used for creating VPN tunnels over the Internet between two networks

Preamble – Used to synchronize communication timing between devices on a network

Q

QoS – Quality of Service

R

RADIUS – Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service allows for remote users to dial into a central server and be authenticated in order to access resources on a network

Rendezvous – Apple’s version of UPnP, which allows for devices on a network to discover each other and be connected without the need to configure any settings

Repeater – Retransmits the signal of an Access Point in order to extend it’s coverage

RIP – Routing Information Protocol is used to synchronize the routing table of all the routers on a network

RJ-11 – The most commonly used connection method for telephones

RJ-45 - The most commonly used connection method for Ethernet

RS-232C – The interface for serial communication between computers and other related devices

RSA – Algorithm used for encryption and authentication

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