Siemens SX541 WLAN dsl User Manual

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Mbps
Million bits per second
Specification of the transmission speed in a network.

MER
MAC Encapsulated Routing

MRU
Maximum Receive Unit
The MRU defines the maximum user data volume within a data packet.

MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
The MTU defines the maximum length of a data packet that can carried over the net-
work at a time. 

NAT
Network Address Translation
NAT is a method for converting IP addresses (mostly 

) within a net-

work into one or several 

 on the 

. With NAT, several network 

components in a 

 can share the router's public IP address to connect to the Internet. 

The network components of the local network are hidden behind the router's IP address 
registered on the Internet. Because of this security function, NAT is frequently used as 
part of the 

 of a network. If you want to make services on a PC in the local net-

work available on the Internet despite NAT, you can configure the Gigaset SX541 WLAN 
dsl as a 

.

Network
A network is a group of devices connected in wired or wireless mode so that they can 
share resources such as data and peripherals. A general distinction is made between 
local area networks (

) and wide area networks (

WANs

).

Network adapter
The network adapter is the hardware device that creates the connection between a net-
work component and a local network. The connection can be wired or wireless. An Eth-
ernet network card is an example of a wired network adapter. The Gigaset PC Card and 
the Gigaset USB Adapter are examples of wireless network adapters. 
A network adapter has a unique address, the