phone to the network.
●MSL — Master Subsidy Lock. A numeric code for accessing certain phone settings.
●NAI — Network Access Identifier. A standard way of identifying users who request access to a network.
●Network Mask — A number that allows IP networks to be subdivided for security and performance.
●NNTP — Network News Transfer Protocol. An Internet application protocol for reading and posting Usenet (newsgroup) articles.
●POP — Post Office Protocol. An Internet protocol for retrieving email from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection.
●Port — A virtual data connection used by programs to exchange data.
●Port Forwarding — A process that allows remote devices to connect to a specific computer within a private LAN.
●Port Number — A number assigned to a user session and server application in an IP network.
●Protocol — A standard that enables connection, communication, and data transfer between computing endpoints.
●PPTP — Point‐to‐point Tunneling Protocol. A method for implementing virtual private networks that does not provide confidentiality or encryption.
●PRL — Preferred Roaming List. A list that your wireless phone or device uses to determine which networks to connect with when you are roaming.
●RFB — Remote Frame Buffer. A protocol for remote access to graphical user interfaces.
●Router — A device that connects two networks.
●RTP — Real‐time Transport Protocol. A packet format for streaming multimedia over the Internet.
●SMTP — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. An Internet standard for email transmission across IP networks.
●SSID — Service Set Identifier. The name assigned to a WLAN network.
●TCP — Transmission Control Protocol. A core protocol for transmitting and receiving information over the Internet.
●TCP/IP — Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A communications protocol developed under contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to internetwork dissimilar systems.
●Telnet — Telecommunication Network. A network protocol used on the Internet or on local area networks.
●TFTP — Trivial File Transfer Protocol. A file transfer protocol with a subset of FTP functionality.
●UDP — User Datagram Protocol. A simple transport protocol used to transfer information on the Internet.
●VNC — Virtual Network Computing. A graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer.
●VPN — Virtual Private Network. A secure private network that runs over the public Internet.
●VPN Passthrough — A feature that allows a client to establish a tunnel only with a specific VPN server.
●WAN — Wide Area Network. A public network that extends beyond architectural, geographical, or political boundaries (unlike a LAN, which is usually a private network located within a room, building, or other limited area).
●WEP — Wired Equivalent Privacy. An IEEE standard security protocol for 802.11 networks. Superseded by WPA and WPA2.
●WLAN — Wireless Fidelity. Any system that uses the 802.11 standard developed and released in 1997 by the IEEE
