Instant Broadband™ Series
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your comput- er is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP/IP.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) - A version of the TCP/IP FTP protocol that has no directory or password capability.
Throughput - The amount of data moved successfully from one place to anoth- er in a given time period.
Topology - A network’s topology is a logical characterization of how the devices on the network are connected and the distances between them. The most common network devices include hubs, switches, routers, and gateways. Most large networks contain several levels of interconnection, the most impor- tant of which include edge connections, backbone connections, and
TX Rate – Transmission Rate.
Upgrade - To replace existing software or firmware with a newer version.
Upload - To send a file transmitted over a network. In a communications ses- sion, upload means transmit, and download means receive.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - The address that defines the route to a file on the Web or any other Internet facility. URLs are typed into the browser to access Web pages, and URLs are embedded within the pages themselves to provide the hypertext links to other pages.
UTP - Unshielded twisted pair is the most common kind of copper telephone wiring. Twisted pair is the ordinary copper wire that connects home and many business computers to the telephone company. To reduce crosstalk or electro- magnetic induction between pairs of wires, two insulated copper wires are twisted around each other. Each signal on twisted pair requires both wires. Since some telephone sets or desktop locations require multiple connections, twisted pair is sometimes installed in two or more pairs, all within a single cable.
EtherFast® Cable/DSL Routers
VLAN (Virtual LAN) - A logical association that allows users to communi- cate as if they were physically connected to a single LAN, independent of the actual physical configuration of the network.
Virtual Server - Multiple servers that appear as one server, or one system image, to the operating system or for network administration.
WAN - A communications network that covers a wide geographic area, such as a state or country.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64- bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
WINIPCFG - Configuration utility based on the Win32 API for querying, defining, and managing IP addresses within a network. A commonly used util- ity for configuring networks with static IP addresses.
Workgroup - Two or more individuals that share files and databases.
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