Important Information
router, using Host Membership Reports, that it wants to receive messages addressed to a specific multicast group.
Intranet
A network based on TCP/IP protocols (an internet) belonging to an organization, usually a corporation, accessible only by the organization's members, employees, or others with authorization. An intranet's Web sites look and act just like any other Web sites, but the firewall surrounding an intranet fends off unauthorized access.
IP address
An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a
Public IP addresses are LAN IP addresses that can be considered "legal" for the Internet because they can be recognized and accessed by any device on the other side of a connection. In most cases your ISP allocates them.
Private IP addresses are also LAN IP addresses, but are considered "illegal" IP addresses to the Internet. They are private to an enterprise while still permitting full network layer connectivity between all hosts inside an enterprise as well as all public hosts of different enterprises.
ISP
Short for Internet Service Provider, a company that provides access to the Internet.
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LAN
Short for Local Area Network, which is a computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or floor of a building. A WAN, on the other hand, is an outside connection to another network or the Internet.
LED
Abbreviation of Light Emitting Diode, a type of control lamp on devices that indicates the status of a device.
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MAC address
Short for Media Access Control address, a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network.
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