D-Link DI-634M Product Manual - Page 86

Glossary - access point client

Get D-Link DI-634M - Super G With MIMO Wireless Router PDF manuals and user guides
UPC - 790069282676
View all D-Link DI-634M manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 86 highlights

DI-634M User's Manual Appendix Glossary A Access Control List - ACL. Database of network devices that are allowed to access resources on the network. Access Point - AP. Device that allows wireless clients to connect to it and access the network Ad-hoc network - Peer-to-Peer network between wireless clients Address Resolution Protocol - ARP. Used to map MAC addresses to IP addresses so that conversions can be made in both directions. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Advanced Encryption Standard - AES. Government encryption standard Alphanumeric - Characters A-Z and 0-9 Antenna - Used to transmit and receive RF signals. AppleTalk - A set of Local Area Network protocols developed by Apple for their computer systems AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol - AARP. Used to map the MAC addresses of Apple computers to their AppleTalk network addresses, so that conversions can be made in both directions. Application layer - 7th Layer of the OSI model. Provides services to applications to ensure that they can communicate properly with other applications on a network. ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange. This system of characters is most commonly used for text files Attenuation - The loss in strength of digital an analog signals. The loss is greater when the signal is being transmitted over long distances. Authentication -To provide credentials, like a Password, in order to verify that the person or device is really who they are claiming to be Automatic Private IP Addressing - APIPA. An IP address that a Windows computer will assign itself when it is configured to obtain an IP address automatically but no DHCP server is available on the network B Backward Compatible - The ability for new devices to communicate and interact with older legacy devices to guarantee interoperability Bandwidth - The maximum amount of bytes or bits per second that can be transmitted to and from a network device Basic Input/Output System - BIOS. A program that the processor of a computer uses to startup the system once it is turned on Baud - Data transmission speed Bit rate - The amount of bits that pass in given amount of time bit/sec - bits per second BOOTP - Bootstrap Protocol. Allows for computers to be booted up and given an IP address with no user intervention Bottleneck - A time during processes when something causes the process to slowdown or stop all together Broadband - A wide band of frequencies available for transmitting data D-Link Systems, Inc. 86

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
86
DI-634M User’s Manual
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Appendix
Glossary
A
Access Control List -
ACL.
Database of network devices that are allowed to access resources on the
network.
Access Point -
AP. Device that allows wireless clients to connect to it and access the network
Ad-hoc network -
Peer-to-Peer network between wireless clients
Address Resolution Protocol -
ARP. Used to map MAC addresses to IP addresses so that conversions can
be made in both directions.
ADSL -
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Advanced Encryption Standard -
AES. Government encryption standard
Alphanumeric -
Characters A-Z and 0-9
Antenna -
Used to transmit and receive RF signals.
AppleTalk –
A set of Local Area Network protocols developed by Apple for their computer systems
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol –
AARP. Used to map the MAC addresses of Apple computers to
their AppleTalk network addresses, so that conversions can be made in both directions.
Application layer -
7th Layer of the OSI model. Provides services to applications to ensure that they can
communicate properly with other applications on a network.
ASCII -
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. This system of characters is most commonly
used for text files
Attenuation –
The loss in strength of digital an analog signals. The loss is greater when the signal is being
transmitted over long distances.
Authentication –
To provide credentials, like a Password, in order to verify that the person or device is really
who they are claiming to be
Automatic Private IP Addressing -
APIPA. An IP address that a Windows computer will assign itself when it
is configured to obtain an IP address automatically but no DHCP server is available on the network
B
Backward Compatible -
The ability for new devices to communicate and interact with older legacy devices
to guarantee interoperability
Bandwidth -
The maximum amount of bytes or bits per second that can be transmitted to and from a network
device
Basic Input/Output System –
BIOS. A program that the processor of a computer uses to startup the system
once it is turned on
Baud –
Data transmission speed
Bit rate –
The amount of bits that pass in given amount of time
bit/sec –
bits per second
BOOTP –
Bootstrap Protocol.
Allows for computers to be booted up and given an IP address with no user
intervention
Bottleneck –
A time during processes when something causes the process to slowdown or stop all together
Broadband –
A wide band of frequencies available for transmitting data