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CBA850 | USER MANUAL Firmware version 5.4.0
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Mbps
Megabits per second.
MDI
Medium Dependent Interface. An Ethernet port for a connection
to a straight-through cable.
MDIX
Medium Dependent Interface Crossover. An Ethernet port for a
connection to a crossover cable.
MIB
Management Information Base. 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. Used to secure data
transmissions over PPTP connections.
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit. 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. 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.
Network Layer
The third layer of the OSI model which handles the routing of
traffic on a network.
NIC
Network Interface Card. A card installed in a computer or built
onto the motherboard that allows the computer to connect to a
network.
NTP
Network Time Protocol. Used to synchronize the time of all the
computers in a network.
OFDM
Orthogonal Frequency-Division
technique for both 802.11a and 802.11g.
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