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Local Area Network A LAN is a group of computers and devices connected together in a
(LAN) relatively small area (such as a house or an office). A home network is considered a
LAN.
MAC Media Access Control: The lower of the two sub-layers of the data link layer defined
by the IEEE. The MAC sub-layer handles access to shared media, such as whether
token passing or contention will be used.
MAC Address Standardized data link layer address that is required for every port or device that
connects to a LAN. Other devices in the network use these addresses to locate
specific ports in the network and to create and update routing tables and data
structures. MAC addresses are six bytes long and are controlled by the IEEE.
MIB Management Information Base.
Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing: OFDM allows multiple users
(OFDM) to transmit in an allocated band by dividing the bandwidth into many
narrow bandwidth carriers.
Power Over Ethernet Power over Ethernet: A specification for providing both power and data
(PoE) to low-power network devices using a single Category 5 Ethernet cable. PoE
provides greater flexibility in locating network devices, and significantly decreased
installation costs.
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit. The largest unit of data that can be transmitted on any
particular physical medium.
NAT Network Address Translation. This process allows all of the computers on the home
network to use one IP address. Using the NAT capability of the Home-Connect home
network gateway, access is available to the Internet from any computer on the home
network without having to purchase more IP addresses from the ISP.
Port A logical channel that is identified by its unique port number. Applications listen on
specific ports for information that may be related to it.