User`s guide

Glossary
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Ethernet (MAC) address
The Media Access Control (MAC) address is also known as
the link- level address, the Ethernet (station) address, the
LANIC ID, and hardware address. This is a unique 48- bit
address assigned by the manufacturer for each Ethernet
device. It is usually displayed in a 12 hexadecimal
characters, sometimes with colon or dash separators between
every two characters, such as 00:03:d3:00:00:17 or
00-03-d3-00-00-17.
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Friendly name
Friendly name is the UPnP friendly name of the E5810B that
will automatically be displayed on the Universal Plug and
Play (UPnP) enabled LAN hosts. When the E5810B is
connected to the LAN, it broadcasts its presence to the
network if the UPnP is enabled. UPnP clients will then see
the name and description of this E5810B in My Network
Places. A friendly name can be up to 39 characters including
spaces.
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Gateway
Gateway is a hardware that permits a network connection
between the LAN that your computer understands and the
instrument specific interface that your device understands.