Netgear FR114P FR114W Reference Manual - Page 146
Windows Internet Naming Service., 11b. A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard
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Reference Manual for the Model FR114P, FR114W and FM114P Cable/DSL ProSafe Firewall Family subnet mask UTP VPN WAN WEP wide area network Wi-Fi Windows Internet Naming Service WINS 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. See wide area network. Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is a data encryption protocol for 802.11b wireless networks. All wireless nodes and access points on the network are configured with a 64-bit or 128-bit Shared Key for data encryption. WAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area networks. The Internet is a large WAN. See 802.11b. A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http:// www.wi-fi.net), an industry standard group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices. WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving 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. See Windows Internet Naming Service. 4 Glossary