D-Link DGL-4300 User Manual

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Appendix

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Unicast – Communication between a single sender and receiver

Universal Plug and Play – A standard that allows network devices to discover each other and conﬁgure

themselves to be a part of the network

UPnP – Universal Plug and Play

URL – Uniform Resource Locator is a unique address for ﬁles accessible on the Internet

UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair

Virtual LAN -

Virtual Private Network – A secure tunnel over the Internet to connect remote ofﬁces or users to their

company’s network

VLAN – Virtual LAN

Voice over IP – Sending voice information over the Internet as opposed to the PSTN

VoIP – Voice over IP

Wake on LAN – Allows you to power up a computer though it’s Network Interface Card

WAN – Wide Area Network

Web browser – A utility that allows you to view content and interact will all of the information on the World

Wide Web

WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy is security for wireless networks that is supposed to be comparable to that

of a wired network

Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

Wi-Fi Protected Access – An updated version of security for wireless networks that provides authentication

as well as encryption

Wide Area Network - A network spanning a large geographical area or consisting of more than one LAN.

Wireless ISP – A company that provides a broadband Internet connection over a wireless connection

Wireless LAN – Connecting to a Local Area Network over one of the 802.11 wireless standards

WISP – Wireless Internet Service Provider

WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network

Yagi antenna – A directional antenna used to concentrate wireless signals on a speciﬁc location