Appendix B Glossary - NETGEAR CG814WG Hardware Manual

10BASE-T
100BASE-Tx
802.11b, 802.11g
DHCP
DNS
domain name
DOCSIS
Domain Name Server
Dynamic Host
Configuration
Protocol
Gateway
Glossary
Hardware Manual for the Model CG814WG Wireless Cable Modem Gateway
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 (802.11b) and 54
Mbps (802.11g) using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology
and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz.
See Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
See Domain Name Server.
A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet.
Domain names are of the form of a registered entity name plus one of a
number of predefined top level suffixes such as .com, .edu, .uk, etc. For
example, in the address mail.NETGEAR.com, mail is a server name and
NETGEAR.com is the domain.
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification. Defines interface
requirements for cable modems involved in high-speed data distribution over
cable television system networks
A Domain Name Server (DNS) resolves descriptive names of network
resources (such as www.NETGEAR.com) to numeric IP addresses.
DHCP. 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.
A local device, usually a router, that connects hosts on a local network to other
networks.
Appendix B
Glossary
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