Netgear MA111v2 - 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter Manual Do Utilizador

Glossary

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Use the list below to find definitions for technical terms used in this manual.

IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.

IEEE 802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.

IEEE specification for wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) 
technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz.

An IEEE specification for wireless networking at 54 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) 
technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz. 802.11g is backwards compatible 
with 802.11b.

Short for asymmetric digital subscriber line, a technology that allows data to be sent over existing copper 
telephone lines at data rates of from 1.5 to 9 Mbps when receiving data (known as the downstream rate) and 
from 16 to 640 Kbps when sending data (known as the upstream rate). 
ADSL requires a special ADSL modem. ADSL is growing in popularity as more areas around the world 
gain access. 

An Ethernet protocol specifying how a centralized DHCP server can assign network configuration 
information to multiple DHCP clients. The assigned information includes IP addresses, DNS addresses, and 
gateway (router) addresses.

Short for Domain Name System (or Service), an Internet service that translates domain names into IP 
addresses. 
Because domain names are alphabetic, they're easier to remember. The Internet however, is really based on 
IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the 
corresponding IP address. For example, the domain name www.example.com might translate to 
198.105.232.4. The DNS system is, in fact, its own network. If one DNS server doesn't know how to 
translate a particular domain name, it asks another one, and so on, until the correct IP address is returned.