TP-Link TD-W8960N User Guide - Page 108

TD-W8960N Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide ¾ DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - Allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name (e.g., www.xyz.com) and a dynamic IP address. ¾ Default Gateway - A device that forwards Internet traffic from your local area network. ¾ DHCP - A networking protocol that allows administrators to assign temporary IP addresses to network computers by "leasing" an IP address to a user for a limited amount of time, instead of assigning permanent IP addresses. ¾ DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) - Removes the Router's firewall protection from one PC, allowing it to be "seen" from the Internet. ¾ DNS (Domain Name Server) - The IP address of your ISP's server, which translates the names of websites into IP addresses. ¾ Domain - A specific name for a network of computers. ¾ DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) - An always-on broadband connection over traditional phone lines. ¾ Dynamic IP Address - A temporary IP address assigned by a DHCP server. ¾ EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) - A general authentication protocol used to control network access. Many specific authentication methods work within this framework. ¾ Encryption - Encoding data transmitted in a network. ¾ Ethernet - IEEE standard network protocol that specifies how data is placed on and retrieved from a common transmission medium. ¾ Firewall - A set of related programs located at a network gateway server that protects the resources of a network from users from other networks. ¾ Gateway - A device that interconnects networks with different, incompatible communications protocols. ¾ IEEE 802.11b - The IEEE 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. IEEE 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. ¾ IEEE 802.11g - Specification for wireless networking at 54 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology, using OFDM modulation and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and backward compatibility with IEEE 8021b devices, and WEP encryption for security. ¾ Infrastructure Network - An infrastructure network is a group of computers or other devices, each with a wireless adapter, connected as an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN. In infrastructure mode, the wireless devices communicate with each other and to a wired network by first going through an access point. An infrastructure wireless network connected to a wired network is referred to as a Basic Service Set (BSS). A set of two or more BSS in a single network is referred to as an Extended Service Set (ESS). Infrastructure mode is useful at a corporation scale, or when it is necessary to connect the wired and wireless networks. ¾ IP Address - The address used to identify a computer or device on a network. ¾ IPoA (IP and ARP over ATM) - A protocol that provides extensions to the IP Group for handling IP over ATM flows. ¾ ISP (Internet Service Provider) - A company that provides access to the Internet. 101