Siemens Gigaset SX541 WLAN dsl Manual page 173

IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IGMP is an Internet
routers that it is a member of a multicast group. With multicasting, a computer can send
content on the Internet to several other computers that have registered an interest in
the first computer's content. Multicasting can, for example, be used for multimedia pro-
grams for media streaming to recipients that have set up multicast group membership.
Infrastructure mode
Infrastructure mode is a way of operating wireless local networks (WLANs) in which an
Access Point handles the data traffic. Network components cannot establish a direct
connection with each other as is the case in
Internet
The Internet is a wide-area network (WAN) linking several million users around the
world. A number of
known collectively as TCP/IP. All participants on the Internet are identifiable by an
address. Servers are addressed by a
names are assigned to IP addresses by the Domain Name Service (DNS).
Among the most important Internet services are:
u
electronic mail (email)
u
the World Wide Web (WWW)
u
file transfer (FTP)
u
discussion forums (Usenet / Newsgroups)
Internet Provider
An Internet Service Provider offers access to the
Internet telephony
Voice transmission via the
IP
Internet Protocol
The IP Protocol is one of the
network using IP addresses, and routes data from the sender to the recipient. It decides
the paths along which the data packets travel from the sender to the recipient in a com-
plex network (routing).
Protocol that enables an Internet computer to inform neighbouring
Protocols have been created for exchanging data, and these are
Domain names
Internet (Voice over IP).
TCP/IP protocols. It is responsible for addressing parties in a
Ad-hoc mode.
(for example siemens.com). Domain
Internet for a fee.
Glossary
IP
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