D-Link DGL-4100 Product Manual - Page 46

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 Appendix 46 D-Link Systems, Inc.