Sony SE366 User Manual
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Glossary
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Internet
The Internet is a wide-area network (
The Internet is a wide-area network (
) linking several million users around the
world. A number of
have been created for exchanging data, and these are
known collectively under the name
. All participants on the Internet can be iden-
tified by an
. Servers are addressed by
(e.g. gigaset.com).
Domain names are assigned to IP addresses by the Domain Name Service (
Among the most important Internet services are:
u electronic mail (email)
u the World Wide Web (WWW)
u file transfer (FTP)
u discussion forums (Usenet / Newsgroups)
u electronic mail (email)
u the World Wide Web (WWW)
u file transfer (FTP)
u discussion forums (Usenet / Newsgroups)
Internet Provider
An Internet provider (Internet Service Provider) offers access to the
An Internet provider (Internet Service Provider) offers access to the
for a fee.
protocols. It is responsible for addressing parties in a
network using
, and routes data from the sender to the recipient. It decides
the paths along which the data packets travel from the sender to the recipient in a com-
plex network (routing).
plex network (routing).
IP address
An IP address is a network-wide unique address for a network component in a network
based on the
An IP address is a network-wide unique address for a network component in a network
based on the
) or on the
IP address has four parts (values from 0 to 255) separated by periods (e.g. 192.168.1.1).
The IP address consists of the network address and the PC address. Depending on the
The IP address consists of the network address and the PC address. Depending on the
, one, two or three parts form the network address, the remainder the PC
address. You can find out the IP address of your PC by entering ipconfig in the com-
mand prompt.
IP addresses can be assigned manually (see
mand prompt.
IP addresses can be assigned manually (see
) or automatically (see
).
On the Internet,
are normally used instead of IP addresses.
responsible for assigning domain names to IP addresses.
The Gigaset SE366 WLAN has a
The Gigaset SE366 WLAN has a
and a
IP pool range
The Gigaset SE366 WLAN's IP address pool defines a range of
The Gigaset SE366 WLAN's IP address pool defines a range of
that the
router's
can use to assign
.
ISP
Internet Service Provider, see
Internet Service Provider, see