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11n AP Router User’s Manual  
 
 
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sites so that it can be displayed by web browsers. See web 
browser, web site
Hub 
A hub is a place of convergence where data arrives from one 
or more directions and is forwarded out in one or more 
directions. It connects an Ethernet bridge/router to a group of 
PCs on a LAN and allows communication to pass between 
the networked devices. 
ICMP 
Internet Control Message Protocol 
An Internet protocol used to report errors and other network-
related information. The ping command makes use of ICMP. 
IEEE 
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a 
technical professional society that fosters the development of 
standards that often become national and international 
standards. 
Internet 
The global collection of interconnected networks used for 
both private and business communications. 
intranet 
A private, company-internal network that looks like part of the 
Internet (users access information using web browsers), but 
is accessible only by employees. 
IP 
See TCP/IP. 
IP address 
Internet Protocol address 
The address of a host (computer) on the Internet, consisting 
of four numbers, each from 0 to 255, separated by periods, 
e.g., 209.191.4.240. An IP address consists of a network ID 
that identifies the particular network the host belongs to, and 
host ID uniquely identifying the host itself on that network. 
A network mask is used to define the network ID and the 
host ID. Because IP addresses are difficult to remember, 
they usually have an associated domain name that can be 
specified instead. See domain name, network mask. 
ISP 
Internet Service Provider 
A company that provides Internet access to its customers, 
usually for a fee. 
LAN Local 
Area 
Network 
A network limited to a small geographic area, such as a 
home or small office. 
LED 
Light Emitting Diode 
An electronic light-emitting device. The indicator lights on the 
front of the Wireless Gateway are LEDs. 
MAC address 
Media Access Control address 
The permanent hardware address of a device, assigned by 
its manufacturer. MAC addresses are expressed as six pairs 
of hex characters, with each pair separated by colons. For 
example; NN:NN:NN:NN:NN:NN. 
mask 
See network mask
Mbps 
Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits per 
second. Network data rates are often expressed in Mbps. 
NAT 
Network Address Translation 
A service performed by many routers that translates your 
network’s publicly known IP address into a private IP address 
for each computer on your LAN. Only your router and your 
LAN know these addresses; the outside world sees only the 
public IP address when talking to a computer on your LAN.