D-Link DGL-4300 User Manual
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Megabyte - MB
Megabits per second - Mbps
MIB – Management Information Base is a set of objects that can be managed by using SNMP
Modem – A device that Modulates digital signals from a computer to an analog signal in order to transmit the
signal over phone lines. It also Demodulates the analog signals coming from the phone lines to digital signals
for your computer
MPPE – Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption is used to secure data transmissions over PPTP connections
MTU – Maximum Transmission Unit is the largest packet that can be transmitted on a packet-based network
like the Internet
Multicast – Sending data from one device to many devices on a network
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NAT – Network Address Translation allows many private IP addresses to connect to the Internet, or another
network, through one IP address
NetBEUI – NetBIOS Extended User Interface is a Local Area Network communication protocol. This is an
updated version of NetBIOS
NetBIOS – Network Basic Input/Output System
Netmask – Determines what portion of an IP address designates the Network and which part designates the
Host
NetWare – A Server Software developed by Novell
Network Interface Card – A card installed in a computer or built onto the motherboard that allows the computer
to connect to a network
Network later – The third layer of the OSI model which handles the routing of traffic on a network
Network Time Protocol – Used to synchronize the time of all the computers in a network
NIC – Network Interface Card
NTP – Network Time Protocol
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OFDM – Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing is the modulation technique for both 802.11a and
802.11g
OSI – Open Systems Interconnection is the reference model for how data should travel between two devices
on a network
OSPF – Open Shortest Path First is a routing protocol that is used more than RIP in larger scale networks
because only changes to the routing table are sent to all the other routers in the network as opposed to sending
the entire routing table at a regular interval, which is how RIP functions