Arris Touchstone WBM760 User Manual page 52

Getting
Safety Started
USB
Installation Drivers
Glossary
The following is a list of common cable and networking terms.
A/B Cable
Category 5 (Cat5)
Coaxial cable (coax)
CPE
Cross-over
DHCP
DNS
Touchstone WBM760 Wideband Cable Modem User's Guide
Ethernet
Configuration Usage
A USB cable that has a narrow rectangular connector on one end (A) and a
notched square connector (B) on the other end.
A high-quality type of cable, used for Fast Ethernet (100BaseT) connections.
When purchasing Ethernet cables, always look for Category 5 cable.
A thin wire, used to connect your television and Wideband Cable Modem to
the cable TV system. You can buy coax from any electronics retailer and
many discount stores.
Customer Premise Equipment. This is the equipment that is plugged in to the
Wideband Cable Modem; typically a computer, hub, or router.
An Ethernet cable used to connect two hubs (or a hub and a cable modem)
together. Also, some Ethernet hubs may have built-in cross-over on one or
more ports (which eliminates the need for a cross-over cable).
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. An IP protocol used to provide an IP
address and location of services (such as DNS and TFTP) needed by a device
connecting to the network. DHCP allows the cable company to configure your
computer's networking software for you.
Domain Name Service (Server). An IP service that associates a domain
name (such as www.example.com) with an IP address.
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