NETGEAR RP114 manual Glossary

Glossary

10BASE-T

100BASE-Tx

CAT5

IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.

IEEE 802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.

Category 5. An Electronic Industry Association (EIA) rating for twisted pair cable that meets specified loss and crosstalk requirements for high-speed networking. The cable rating is printed on the cable jacket.

DHCP	See Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
DNS	See Domain Name Server.
Domain Name Server	A Domain Name Server (DNS) resolves descriptive names of network
	resources (such as www.netgear.com) to numeric IP addresses.
Dynamic Host	An Ethernet protocol that provides a centralized administration point for
Configuration	assigning network configuration information.
Protocol
IP	See Internet Protocol.
IP Address	A 4-byte number uniquely defining each host on the Internet. Ranges of
	addresses are assigned by Internic, an organization formed for this purpose.
	Usually written in dotted-decimal notation with periods separating the bytes
	(for example, 134.177.244.57).
IPSec	Internet Protocol Security. IPSec is a series of guidelines for securing private
	information transmitted over public networks. IPSec is a VPN method
	providing a higher level of security than PPTP.
IPX	See Internet Packet Exchange.
ISP	Internet service provider.
Internet Packet	Novell’s internetworking protocol.
Exchange

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