SnapGear VPN Router User Manual page 8

PPP
PPPoE
PPTP
Road Warrior
Router
Subnet Mask
Switch
TCP/IP
TCP/IP Address
UTC
UTP
Introduction
Point-to-Point Protocol. A networking protocol designed for simple links
between two peers.
Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet. A protocol for connecting the users on an
Ethernet to the Internet through a common broadband medium, such as a single
DSL line, wireless device or cable modem.
Point-To-Point-Tunneling-Protocol. This is a protocol developed by Microsoft™
that is now popular for VPN applications. While generally not considered as
secure as IPSec it is considered "good enough" technology, especially since
Microsoft responded to a number of flaws in the original implementations.
A remote machine that does not have a fixed IP address.
A network device that moves packets of data. Differs from a hub or switch in
that a router usually is "intelligent" enough to know where final destinations
should be and how to get the packets there.
See "Net Mask".
A network device that is like a hub, but much smarter. Although not a full router,
a switch understands, to some degree, the routing of Ethernet packets and adds
efficiency to a LAN by utilizing bandwidth more effectively.
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol – the basis of Internet
communications!
An address of the form nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn is the fundamental addressing form of
the Internet.
Coordinated Universal Time.
Unshielded Twisted Pair cabling. Most commonly known as Category 5 or CAT
5, representing a type of Ethernet cable that can operate up to 100Mb/s.
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