Prestige 642 PPPoE Modem
| Configurator |
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| and menus for configuring key settings and features. |
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| Ethernet |
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| A very common method of networking computers in a LAN. There are a number of |
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| adaptations to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard, including adaptations with data rates |
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| of 10 Mbits/sec and 100 Mbits/sec over coaxial cable, |
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| cable. The latest version of Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, has a data rate of 1 Gbit/sec. |
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| FAQ |
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| Frequently Asked Questions. FAQs are documents that list and answer the most |
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| common questions on a particular subject. |
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| FCC |
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| The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is in charge of allocating the |
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| electromagnetic spectrum and thus the bandwidth of various communication systems. |
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| Gateway |
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| A gateway is a computer system or other device that acts as a translator between two |
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| systems that do not use the same communication protocols, data formatting structures, |
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| languages, and/or architecture. |
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| Host |
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| Any computer on a network that is a repository for services available to other |
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| computers on the network. It is quite common to have one host machine provide |
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| several services, such as WWW and USENET. |
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| IANA |
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| Internet Assigned Number Authority acts as the clearing house to assign and coordinate |
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| the use of numerous Internet protocol parameters such as Internet addresses, domain |
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| names, protocol numbers, and more. Use a search engine to find the current IANA web |
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| ICMP |
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| Internet Control Message Protocol is a message control and |
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| between a host server and a gateway to the Internet ICMP uses Internet Protocol (IP) |
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| datagrams, but the messages are processed by the TCP/IP software and are not directly |
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| apparent to the application user. |
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| Internet |
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| (Upper case “I”). The vast collection of |
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| protocols evolved from the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) |
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| of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. |
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| internet |
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| (Lower case “i”). Any time you connect two or more networks together, you have an |
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| internet. |
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| Intranet |
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| A private network inside a company or organization that uses the same kinds of |
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| software that you would find on the public Internet, but that is only for internal use. |
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| IP |
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| Internet Protocol. (Currently IP version 4 or IPv4). The underlying protocol for |
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| routing packets on the Internet and other |
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| IPCP (PPP) |
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| IP Control Protocol allows changes to IP parameters such as the IP address. |
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| ISP |
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| Internet Service Providers provide connections into the Internet for home users and |
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| businesses. There are local, regional, national, and global ISPs. You can think of local |
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| ISPs as the gatekeepers into the Internet. |
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| LAN |
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| Local Area Network is a shared communication system to which many computers are |
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D | Glossary |