Senatek LS100 manual Terminologies and Acronyms, MAC address

1.4 Terminologies and Acronyms

The Internetworking related terminologies used frequently in this manual are defined clearly to help your better understanding of the LS100.

MAC address

On a local area network or other network, the MAC (Media Access Control) address is the computer's unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it's the same as your Ethernet address.)

It is a unique 12-digit hardware number, which is composed of 6-digit OUI (Organization Unique Identifier) number and 6-digit hardware identifier number. The LS100 has the MAC address of 00-01- 95-xx-xx-xx, which is labeled on the bottom side of the external box.

Host

A user’s computer connected to the network

In Internet protocol specifications, the term "host" means any computer that has full two-way access to other computers on the Internet. A host has a specific "local or host number" that, together with the network number, forms its unique IP address.

Session

A series of interactions between two communication end points that occur during the span of a single connection

Typically, one end point requests a connection with another specified end point and if that end point replies agreeing to the connection, the end points take turns exchanging commands and data ("talking to each other"). The session begins when the connection is established at both ends and terminates when the connection is ended.

Client/Server

Client/server describes the relationship between two computer programs in which one program, the client, makes a service request from another program, the server, which fulfills the request.

A server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs in the same or other computers, whereas a client is the requesting program or user in a client/server relationship. For example, the user of a Web browser is effectively making client requests for pages from servers all over the Web. The browser itself is a client in its relationship with the computer that is getting and returning the requested HTML file. The computer handling the request and sending back the HTML file is a server.

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