NetComm NB1300PLUS4 - Manual (Page 86)

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LAN: Local Area Network (LAN) is a computer network that spans a
relatively small area. A system of LANs connected is called a wide area
network (WAN).
MAC Address: Media Access Control Address (MAC) is a hardware address that
uniquely identifies each node of a network.
NAT: Network Address Translation (NAT) is a routing protocol that allows
global IP Addresses to be translated into multiple private IP Addresses
for use on internal LAN networks. The explosion in the use of the
Internet has created a critical problem for the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) which is in charge of assigning IP Addresses to
Internet users, ISPs etc. NAT is a technology that has been introduced to
help maximize the utilization of assigned IANA and global IP Addresses.
PAP/CHAP: Password Authentication Protocol and Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol (PAP/CHAP). Most ISPs use either one for
user identification. If your ISP doesn’t support these two protocols,
contact them for an authentication script.
PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a specification introduced
by Intel Corporation that defines a local bus system that allows up to 10
PCI-compliant expansion cards to be installed in the computer.
PPP: Short for Point-to-Point Protocol, a communications protocol for
transmitting information over standard telephone lines between devices
from different manufacturers.
PPPoE: Short for PPP over Ethernet, relying on two widely accepted standards,
Ethernet and the Point-to-Point Protocol. PPPoE is a communications
protocol for transmitting information over the Ethernet between devices
from different manufacturers.
Router: An Internet device that routes requests for information to other routers
until the information’s location is found and the data can be transmitted
back to the origin of the request.
TCP/IP: Short for Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol, the suite
of communications protocols that enable hosts on the Internet to connect
and exchange streams of data.
MRU: Maximum Receive Unit indicates the peer of PPP connection the
maximum size of the PPP information field this device can be received.
The default value is 1492 and is used in the beginning of the PPP
negotiation. In the normal negotiation, the peer will accept this MRU
and will not send packet with information field larger than this value.