D-Link DI-LB604 Product Manual - Page 84

DI-LB604 User's Manual Appendix Multicast - Sending data from one device to many devices on a network N NAT - Network Address Translation allows many private IP addresses to connect to the Internet, or another network, through one IP address NetBEUI - NetBIOS Extended User Interface is a Local Area Network communication protocol. This is an updated version of NetBIOS NetBIOS - Network Basic Input/Output System Netmask - Determines what portion of an IP address designates the Network and which part designates the Host NetWare - A Server Software developed by Novell Network Interface Card - A card installed in a computer or built onto the motherboard that allows the computer to connect to a network Network layer - The third layer of the OSI model which handles the routing of traffic on a network Network Time Protocol - Used to synchronize the time of all the computers in a network NIC - Network Interface Card NTP - Network Time Protocol O OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing is the modulation technique for both 802.11a and 802.11g OSI - Open Systems Interconnection is the reference model for how data should travel between two devices on a network OSPF - Open Shortest Path First is a routing protocol that is used more than RIP in larger scale networks because only changes to the routing table are sent to all the other routers in the network as opposed to sending the entire routing table at a regular interval, which is how RIP functions P Password - A sequence of characters that is used to authenticate requests to resources on a network Personal Area Network - The interconnection of networking devices within a range of 10 meters Physical layer - The first layer of the OSI model. Provides the hardware means of transmitting electrical signals on a data carrier PoE - Power over Ethernet is the means of transmitting electricity over the unused pairs in a category 5 Ethernet cable POP 3 - Post Office Protocol 3 is used for receiving email PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol is used for two computers to communicate with each over a serial interface, like a phone line PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet is used to connect multiple computers to a remote server over Ethernet PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol is used for creating VPN tunnels over the Internet between two networks D-Link Systems, Inc. 84