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Glossary
10BASE-T IEEE802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.
100BASE-Tx IEEE802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.
CAT5 Category5. An Electronic Industry Association (EIA) rating for twisted pair
cablethat meets specified loss and crosstalk requirements for high-speed
networking.The cable rating is printed on the cable jacket.
DHCP See DynamicHost Configuration Protocol.
DNS See Domain Name Server.
DomainName Se rver A DomainName Server (DNS) resolves descriptive names of network
resources(such as www.netgear.com) to numeric IP addresses.
DynamicHost
Configuration
Protocol
AnEthernet protocol that provides a centralized administration point for
assigningnetwork configuration information.
IP See InternetProtocol.
IPAddress A4-byte number uniquely defining each host on the Internet. Ranges of
addressesare assigned by Internic, an organization formed for this purpose.
Usually written in dotted-decimal notation with periods separating the bytes
(forexample, 134.177.244.57).
IPSec InternetProtocol Security. IPSec is a series of guidelines for securing private
information transmitted over public networks. IPSec is a VPN method
providinga higher level of security than PPTP.
IPX See InternetPacket Exchange.
ISP Internetservice provider.
Internet Packet
Exchange Novell’sinternetworking protocol.