Product specifications

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ISP Internet Service Provider is an organization that provides access to

the Internet.

Intranet A private network that uses Internet software and standards.

Kbps Kilobits per second (1000 bits per second) is a measure of the

transmission speed of data.

Link The physical connection between two nodes in a network. It can

consist of a data communication circuit or a direct channel (cable) con-

nection. It is a LED signal that indicates connection has been estab-

lished.

Land Attack An attack that occurs when a malicious person sends

instructions over a network to a server attempting to crash the server.

Land attack works by tricking the targeted server into trying to set up a

TCP session with itself. If the machine falls for this form of IP spoof-

ing, it goes into a TCP closed loop and has to be rebooted.

LAN Local Area Network is the means by which a local community of

users and workgroups can share information and resources electronical-

ly. Many communication protocols are used to accomplish this, the

most prevalent of which are Ethernet and Token Ring.

Latency In a network environment, the time difference between the

moment a request is made to send data, and the moment transmission

can actually begin.

Logical Disconnect A type of disconnection that only allows DHCP

application layer messages to be passed between the client’s computer

and the Internet Service Provider’s DHCP server. All other types of

messages are prohibited and discarded. In the logically disconnected

state, the client’s computer will retain the previously assigned IP

address even after reconnection is established.

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