N
Network Address Translation (NAT) - provides IP address translation from the LAN. Two standard types of NAT are Network Address Port Translation (NAPT) and Basic NAT. Another flavor, Simple NAT, is provided by DIRECWAY to facilitate this feature in corporate networks where the LAN addresses are sparsely allocated.
Network interface cards (NIC) - cards used in wired and wireless networks to process signals.
Network Operations Center (NOC) - The heart of the DIRECWAY system. This central office has multiple connections to the Internet backbone. Your requests are received over the satellite, transmitted over the backbones to the Internet sites, and the responses received from the sites are transmitted back to you over the satellite.
Network Address Translation (NAT)- a method of connecting multiple computers to the Internet (or any other IP network) using one IP address.
P
Performance enhancing proxy (PEP) - Also referred to as TCP Acceleration. This is a proprietary protocol provided by DIRECWAY for use over the satellite link to optimize performance for TCP/IP based applications, including faster downloads over satellite.
Post Office Protocol (version 3) (POP3) - A protocol used to retrieve email from your mail server.
Protocol - An agreed upon, standardized format for communicating between computers or devices.
