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802.11n WLAN ADSL2+ Router
PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
One of the two types of PPP interfaces you can dene for a
Virtual Circuit (VC), the other type being PPPoA. You can de-
ne one or more PPPoE interfaces per VC.
protocol A set of rules governing the transmission of data. In order
for a data transmission to work, both ends of the connection
have to follow the rules of the protocol.
remote In a physically separate location. For example, an employee
away on travel who logs in to the company’s intranet is a re-
mote user.
RIP Routing Information Protocol
The original TCP/IP routing protocol. There are two versions
of RIP: version I and version II.
RJ-11 Registered Jack Standard-11
The standard plug used to connect telephones, fax machines,
modems, etc. to a telephone port. It is a 6-pin connector usu-
ally containing four wires.
RJ-45 Registered Jack Standard-45
The 8-pin plug used in transmitting data over phone lines.
Ethernet cabling usually uses this type of connector.
routing Forwarding data between your network and the Internet on
the most efcient route, based on the data’s destination IP ad-
dress and current network conditions. A device that performs
routing is called a Router.
SDNS Secondary Domain Name System (server)
A DNS server that can be used if the primary DSN server is
not available. SeeDNS.
subnet A subnet is a portion of a network. The subnet is distinguished
from the larger network by a subnetmask that selects some
of the computers of the network and excludes all others. The
subnet’s computers remain physically connected to the rest of
the parent network, but they are treated as though they were
on a separate network. Seenetworkmask.
subnet mask A mask that denes a subnet. Seenetworkmask.