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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