ASUSTeK COMPUTER GigaX3112 Series User Manual page 113

GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch
ISP
LAN
LED
MAC address
mask
Multicast
Mbps
Monitor
network
network mask
NIC
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Internet Service Provider
A company that provides Internet access to its customers,
usually for a fee.
Local Area Network
A network limited to a small geographic area, such as a
home, office, or small building.
Light Emitting Diode
An electronic light-emitting device. The indicator lights on
the front panel of the switch are LEDs.
Media Access Control address
The permanent hardware address of a device, assigned
by its manufacturer. MAC addresses are expressed as
six pairs of characters.
See network mask.
To send data to a group of network devices.
Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits
per second. Network data rates are often expressed in
Mbps.
Also called "Roving Analysis", allow you to attach a
network analyzer to one port and use it to monitor the
traffics of other ports on the switch.
A group of computers that are connected together,
allowing them to communicate with each other and share
resources, such as software, files, etc. A network can be
small, such as a LAN, or very large, such as the Internet.
A network mask is a sequence of bits applied to an IP
address to select the network ID while ignoring the host
ID. Bits set to 1 mean "select this bit" while bits set to 0
mean "ignore this bit." For example, if the network mask
255.255.255.0 is applied to the IP address 100.10.50.1,
the network ID is 100.10.50, and the host ID is 1. See
also binary, IP address, subnet, "IP Addresses Explained"
section.
Network Interface Card
An adapter card that plugs into your computer and
provides the physical interface to your network cabling,
which for Ethernet NICs is typically an RJ-45 connector.
See Ethernet, RJ-45.