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CBA750 | USER MANUAL Firmware ver. 1.9.0
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Legacy
Older devices or technology.
Local Area Network
LAN. A group of computers in a building that usually
access files from a server.
LPR/LPD
"Line Printer Requestor"/"Line Printer Daemon". A
TCP/IP protocol for transmitting streams of printer data.
MAC Address
A unique hardware ID assigned to every Ethernet
adapter by the manufacturer.
Mbps
Megabits per second.
MDI
Medium Dependent Interface is an Ethernet port for a
connection to a straight-through cable.
MDIX
Medium Dependent Interface Crossover is an Ethernet
port for a connection to a crossover cable.
MIB
Management Information Base is 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
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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 is used to secure data
transmissions over PPTP connections.
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit is 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.
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 is 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.
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