Edimax Technology Network Router user manual System Requirements, Ethernet, Wireless

System Requirements:

-802.11b or 802.11g Wireless Networ k

-Certified 802.11b/g Wireless AP / Router / PCI N etwor k Adapter with a Removabl e Antenna.

Ethernet

A networ king standar d usi ng cables (Categor y 5) to create a networ k.

Network Adapter - Also known as a NIC (Network Interface Card). Used to provi de PC’s or laptops with an Ethernet port or wireless access to the network.

Broadband Modem - A device that allows broadband connection to the internet. Broadband connections include speeds faster than 56k (dial up modem speed). The two most common types of

Broadband connecti ons are DSL and C able. Cable modem relies on the bandwidth of cable television lines while DSL modems rel y on the telephone lines operating at DSL speeds.

Router - A device used to share i nter net access from one user to multipl e users. By taking one IP address (Addresses used by

ISP’s to assign broadband ser vices to your computer) the R outer distributes the ser vices of your broadband access among multiple users and IP’s.

Wireless

W ireless Device – Any Wi-Fi device (802.11b/g) that communicates wirelessly using the IEEE802.11 wireless standar d. These devices can range from wireless access points to wireless routers to wireless PCI client cards.

IEEE 802.11 – Wireless Networ k Specifications

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