Microfilter | In splitterless deployments, a microfilter is a device that removes the data frequencies in the DSL signal, so that  | 
  | telephone users do not experience interference (noise) from the data signals. Microfilter types include   | 
  | between phone and jack) and   | 
NAT  | Network Address Translation A service performed by many routers that translates your network’s publicly known  | 
  | IP address into a Private IP address for each computer on your LAN. Only your router and your LAN know these  | 
  | addresses; the outside world sees only the public IP address when talking to a computer on your LAN.  | 
NAT rule  | A defined method for translating between public and private IP addresses on your LAN.  | 
network  | A group of computers that are connected together, allowing them to communicate with each other and share  | 
  | resources, such as software, files, etc.A network can be small, such as a LAN, or very large, such as the Internet.  | 
network mask  | A network mask is a sequence of bits applied to an IP address to select the network ID while ignoring the host  | 
  | ID. Bits set to 1 mean “select this bit” while bits set to 0 mean “ignore this bit.” For example, if the network mask  | 
  | 255.255.255.0 is applied to the IP address 100.10.50.1, the network ID is 100.10.50, and the host ID is 1. See also  | 
  | binary, IP address, subnet  | 
NIC | Network Interface Card An adapter card that plugs into your computer and provides the physical interface to your  | 
  | network cabling, which for Ethernet NICs is typically an   | 
packet | Data transmitted on a network consists of units called packets. Each packet contains a payload (the data), plus  | 
  | overhead information such as where it came from (source address) and where it should go (destination address).  | 
ping | Packet Internet (or   | 
  | online. It can also be used to reveal the IP address for a given domain name.  | 
port | A physical access point to a device such as a computer or router, through which data flows into and out of the device.  | 
POTS  | Plain Old Telephone Service Traditional analog telephone service using copper telephone lines. Pronounced pots. See  | 
  | also PSTN.  | 
POTS splitter  | See splitter.  | 
PPP
PPPoA  | |
  | other type being PPPoE. You can define only one PPPoA interface per VC.  | 
PPPoE | |
  | other type being PPPoA. You can define one or more PPPoE interfaces per VC.  | 
protocol  | A set of rules governing the transmission of data. In order for a data transmission to work, both ends of the connection  | 
  | have to follow the rules of the protocol.  | 
remote | In a physically separate location. For example, an employee away on travel who logs in to the company’s intranet is a  | 
  | remote user.  | 
RIP | Routing Information Protocol The original TCP/IP routing protocol. There are two versions of RIP: version and version II.  | 
 | Registered Jack   | 
  | telephone jack. It is a   | 
 | Registered Jack   | 
  | this type of connector.  | 
routing | Forwarding data between your network and the Internet on the most efficient route, based on the data’s destination IP  | 
  | address and current network conditions. A device that performs routing is called a router.  | 
rule  | See filtering rule, NAT rule.  | 
SDNS | Secondary Domain Name System (server) A DNS server that can be used if the primary DSN server is not available.  | 
  | See DNS.  | 
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol The TCP/IP protocol used for network management.  | 
splitter | A device that splits off the voice component of the DSL signal to a separate line, so that data and telephone service  | 
  | each have their own wiring and jacks. The splitter is installed by your telephone company where the DSL line enters  | 
  | your home. The CO also contains splitters that separate the voice and data signals, sending voice to the PSTN and data  | 
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78  | NB9/NB9W ADSL2+ VoIP Router  | 
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