Olitec RW400G User Manual

 

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A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the 

Internet.  

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  (Denial  of  Service) - A hacker attack designed to prevent your computer or 

network from operating or communicating. 

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(Digital Subscriber Line) - A technology that allows data to be sent or received 

over existing traditional phone lines. 

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(Internet Service Provider) - A company that provides access to the Internet. 

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(Maximum Transmission Unit) - The size in bytes of the largest packet that 

can be transmitted. 

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(Network Address Translation) - NAT technology translates IP addresses of a 

local area network to a different IP address for the Internet. 

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(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. 

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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.   

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(Wired  Equivalent  Privacy)  - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 

128-bit or 152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.   

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A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the 

Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an 
industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices. 

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(Wireless  Local  Area  Network)  - A group of computers and associated 

devices communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are 
limited in a local area. 

 

 

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