User's Manual

88 GLOSSARY
It offers lower performance than infra-structure mode, used by the Access
Point. (see also Infra-structure mode.)
Auto-negotiation Some devices in the OfficeConnect range support auto-negotiation.
Auto-negotiation is where two devices sharing a link, automatically configure
to use the best common speed. The order of preference (best first) is:
100BASE-TX full duplex, 100BASE-TX half duplex, 10BASE-T full duplex,
and 10BASE-T half duplex. Auto-negotiation is defined in the IEEE 802.3
standard for Ethernet and is an operation that takes place in a few
milliseconds.
Bandwidth The information capacity, measured in bits per second, that a channel can
transmit. The bandwidth of Ethernet is 10 Mbps, the bandwidth of Fast
Ethernet is 100 Mbps. The bandwidth for 802.11b wireless is 11Mbps. The
bandwidth for 802.11g is 54 Mbps.
Category 3 Cables One of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling defined by the EIA/TIA-586
standard. Category 3 is voice grade cable and can only be used in Ethernet
networks (10BASE-T) to transmit data at speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
Category 5 Cables One of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling defined by the EIA/TIA-586
standard. Category 5 can be used in Ethernet (10BASE-T) and Fast Ethernet
networks (100BASE-TX) and can transmit data up to speeds of 100 Mbps.
Category 5 cabling is better to use for network cabling than Category 3,
because it supports both Ethernet (10 Mbps) and Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
speeds.
Channel Similar to any radio device, the OfficeConnect Wireless 11g Access Point
allows you to choose different radio channels in the wireless spectrum. A
channel is a particular frequency within the 2.4GHz spectrum within which
the Gateway operates.
Client The term used to described the desktop PC that is connected to your network.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol automatically assigns an
IP address for every computer on your network. Windows 95, Windows 98
and Windows NT 4.0 contain software that assigns IP addresses to
workstations on a network. These assignments are made by the DHCP server
software that runs on Windows NT Server, and Windows 95 and Windows 98