TP-Link TL-ER6120 manual Glossary, Description

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Glossary

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

structures. MAC addresses are 6 bytes long and are controlled

 

 

 

 

 

by the IEEE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MTUMaximum

 

The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be transmitted.

 

 

 

Transmission Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanism for reducing the need for globally unique IP

 

 

 

NATNetwork Address

 

addresses. NAT allows an organization with addresses that are

 

 

 

Translator

 

not globally unique to connect to the Internet by translating

 

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those addresses into globally routable address space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NTP Server

 

NTP Server is used for synchronising the time across computer

 

 

 

 

networks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POP3Post Office Protocol

 

POP3 is intended to permit a workstation to dynamically access

 

 

 

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a maildrop on a server host in a useful fashion.

 

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PPPoEPoint-to-Point

 

PPPoE is a network protocol for encapsulating Point-to-Point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protocol over Ethernet

 

Protocol (PPP) frames inside Ethernet frames.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMTPSimple Mail

 

SMTP is an Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail)

 

 

 

Transfer Protocol

 

transmission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSHSecure Shell

 

SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged

 

 

 

Protocol

 

using a secure channel between two networked devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA Security Association

 

SA is the establishment of shared security attributes between

 

 

 

two network entities to support secure communication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TCPTransfer Control

 

Connection-oriented transport layer protocol that provides

 

 

 

Protocol

 

reliable full-duplex data transmission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCP/IPTransmission

 

Common name for the suite of protocols to support the

 

 

 

Control Protocol/ Internet

 

construction of worldwide Internetworks. TCP and IP are the two

 

 

 

Protocol

 

best-known protocols in the suite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TelnetTelecommunication

 

Telnet is used for remote terminal connection, enabling users to

 

 

 

Network protocol

 

log in to remote systems and use resources as if they were

 

 

 

 

connected to a local system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UDPUser Datagram

 

UDP is a simple protocol that exchanges datagrams without

 

 

 

acknowledgments or guaranteed delivery, requiring that error

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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