User's Manual

Nexxt Solutions - ACRUX - Wireless N Gigabit Router

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DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) - A Demilitarized Zone

allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet

for a special-purpose service such as Internet

gaming or videoconferencing.

DNS (Domain Name System) - An Internet

Service that translates the names of websites into

IP addresses.

Domain Name - A descriptive name for an

address or group of addresses on the Internet.

DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) - A technology that

allows data to be sent or received over existing

traditional phone lines.

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 transmit-

ted.

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.