User's Manual

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● Port — A virtual data connection used by programs to exchange data.
● Port Forwarding — A process that allows remote devices to connect to a specific computer within a private LAN.
● Port Number — A number assigned to a user session and server application in an IP network.
● Protocol — A standard that enables connection, communication, and data transfer between computing endpoints.
● PPTP — Point-to-point Tunnelling Protocol. A method for implementing virtual private networks that does not
provide confidentiality or encryption.
● PRL — Preferred Roaming List. A list that your wireless phone or device uses to determine which networks to connect
with when you are roaming.
● RFB — Remote Frame Buffer. A protocol for remote access to graphical user interfaces.
● Router — A device that connects two networks.
● RTP — Real-time Transport Protocol. A packet format for streaming multimedia over the Internet.
● SMTP — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. An Internet standard for email transmission across IP networks.
● SSID — Service Set Identifier. The name assigned to a WLAN network.
● TCP — Transmission Control Protocol. A core protocol for transmitting and receiving information over the Internet.
● TCP/IP — Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A communications protocol developed under contract
from the U.S. Department of Defence to internetwork dissimilar systems.
● Telnet — Telecommunication Network. A network protocol used on the Internet or on local area networks.
● TFTP — Trivial File Transfer Protocol. A file transfer protocol with a subset of FTP functionality.
● UDP — User Datagram Protocol. A simple transport protocol used to transfer information on the Internet.
● VNC — Virtual Network Computing. A graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely
control another computer.
● VPN — Virtual Private Network. A secure private network that runs over the public Internet.
● VPN Pass-through — A feature that allows a client to establish a tunnel only with a specific VPN server.
● WAN — Wide Area Network. A public network that extends beyond architectural, geographical, or political
boundaries (unlike a LAN, which is usually a private network located within a room, building, or other limited area).
● WEP — Wired Equivalent Privacy. An IEEE standard security protocol for 802.11 networks. Superseded by WPA and
WPA2.
● WLAN — Wireless Fidelity. Any system that uses the 802.11 standard developed and released in 1997 by the IEEE.
● WLAN Client — A wireless device that connects to the Internet via WLAN.
● WLAN — WLAN LAN.A typically low-power network that transmits a wireless signal over a span of a few hundred feet
and usually only to stationary devices.
● WPA/WPA2 — WLAN Protected Access. A security protocol for wireless 802.11 networks from the WLAN Alliance.
● WWAN — Wireless Wide Area Network. Wireless connectivity to the Internet achieved using cellular tower
technology. This service is provided through cellular providers. WWAN connectivity allows a user with a laptop and a
WWAN device to surf the Internet, check email, or connect to a virtual private network (VPN) from anywhere within
the regional boundaries of the cellular service.