NETGEAR RP114 manual See wide area network

Reference Guide for the Model RP114 Web Safe Router

Point-to-Point

Protocol

RFC

RIP

router

Routing Information Protocol

subnet mask

UTP

VPN

PPP.A protocol allowing a computer using TCP/IP to connect directly to the Internet.

Request For Comment. Refers to documents published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposing standard protocols and procedures for the Internet. RFCs can be found at www.ietf.org.

See Routing Information Protocol.

A device that forwards data between networks. An IP router forwards data based on IP source and destination addresses.

A protocol in which routers periodically exchange information with one another so that they can determine minimum distance paths between sources and destinations.

See netmask.

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

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.

WAN	See wide area network.
wide area network	A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area
	networks.
Windows Internet	WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving
Naming Service	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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