User's Manual

G LOSSARY
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ISP (INTERNET SERVICE
PROVIDER)
A company that provides access to the Internet.
MTU (MAXIMUM
TRANSMISSION UNIT)
The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be transmitted.
NAT (NETWORK
ADDRESS TRANSLATION)
NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area network to a
different IP address for the Internet.
PPPOE (POINT TO POINT
PROTOCOL OVER
ETHERNET)
PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an
always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection.
SSID A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum)
alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless
devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be
configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration
parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the
wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name.
WEP (WIRED
EQUIVALENT PRIVACY)
A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-bit shared
key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
WI-FI A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the
Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net),
an industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b
devices.
WLAN (WIRELESS
LOCAL AREA NETWORK)
A group of computers and associated devices communicate with each other
wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area.