NETGEAR DM602 manual See Windows Internet Naming Service

Reference Manual for the Model DG814 DSL Modem Internet Gateway

USB

UTP

VCI

VPI

VPN

WAN

Wide Area Network

Windows Internet Naming Service

Universal Serial Bus. An external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps. A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as network interface adapters, mice, modems, and keyboards. USB also supports Plug-and-Play installation and hot plugging.

Unshielded twisted pair. The cable used by 10BASE-T and 100BASE-Tx Ethernet networks.

Virtual Channel Identifier. Together with the VPI, defines a Virtual Channel through an ATM network. Used by ATM switching equipment to route data through the network.

Virtual Path Identifier. Together with the VCI, defines a Virtual Channel through an ATM network. Used by ATM switching equipment to route data through the network.

Virtual Private Network. A method for securely transporting data between two private networks by using a public network such as the Internet as a connection.

See wide area network.

WAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area networks. The Internet is a large WAN.

WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving Windows-based computer names to IP addresses. If a remote network contains a WINS server, your Windows PCs can gather information from that WINS server about its local hosts. This allows your PCs to browse that remote network using Network Neighborhood.

WINS See Windows Internet Naming Service.

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