TRENDnet TV-IP121WN User Manual page 104

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or building.
WAN – (wide area network): The computers are in different
geographic locations and are connected by telephone lines or
radio waves.
A network protocol that can automatically negotiate the
highest possible transmission speed between two devices.
PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) is a technique for converting
analog audio signals into digital form for transmission.
Packet Internet Groper, a utility used to determine whether a
specific IP address is accessible. It functions by sending a
packet to the specified address and waits for a reply. It is
primarily used to troubleshoot Internet connections.
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. PPPoE is a specification
for connecting the users on an Ethernet to the Internet
through a common broadband medium, such as DSL or cable
modem. All the users over the Ethernet share a common
connection.
Communication on the network is governed by sets of rules
called protocols. Protocols provide the guidelines devices use
to communicate with each other, and thus they have different
functions. Some protocols are responsible for formatting and
presenting and presenting data that will be transferred from
file server memory to the file server's net work adapter
Others are responsible for filtering information between
networks and forwarding data to its destination. Still other
protocols dictate how data is transferred across the medium,
and how servers respond to workstation requests and vice
versa. Common network protocols responsible for the
presentation and formatting of data for a network operating
system are the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol
or the Internet Protocol (IP). Protocols that dictate the format
of data for transferors the medium include token-passing and
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
(CSMA/CD), implemented as token-ring, ARCNET, FDDI, or
Ethernet. The Router Information Protocol (RIP),a part of the
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