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Item
Access Point
ACT LED
AES
Airlink
ARP
Backbone
Bandwidth
Dwell Interval
Browser
CSMA/CA
COM Port
Default Gateway A device that forwards Internet traffic from your local area network.
DCE
DHCP
DNS
Domain
DTE
Dynamic IP Addr A temporary IP address assigned by a DHCP server.
Ethernet
Endspan PSE
Feature Key
u
001-5099-000
Definitions
Definition
Communication hub for users to connect to a LAN. Access Points are important
for providing heightened wireless security and for extending the physical range
of service a wireless user has access to.
Ethernet data activity.
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Physical radio frequency connections used for communications between units.
Address Resolution Protocol – Maps Internet address to physical address.
The part of a network that connects most of the systems and networks together,
and handles the most data.
The transmission capacity of a given device, network, or physical channel.
Time between channel changes
An application program that provides a way to view and interact with all the in-
formation on the World Wide Web.
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance - A method of data transfer
that is used to prevent data collisions.
Both RS-232 serial communications ports of the HiPR-900 wireless radio modem
are configured as DCE and are designed to connect directly to a DTE.
Data Communications Equipment. This designation is applied to equipment such
as modems. DCE is designed to connect to DTE.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - A networking protocol that allows ad-
ministrators to assign temporary IP addresses to network computers by "leasing"
an IP address to a user for a limited amount of time, instead of assigning perma-
nent IP addresses.
Domain Name Server - translates the domain name into an IP address.
A specific name for a network of computers.
Data Terminal Equipment. This designation is applied to equipment such as ter-
minals, PCs, RTUs, PLCs, etc. DTE is designed to connect to DCE.
IEEE standard network protocol that specifies how data is placed on and re-
trieved from a common transmission medium.
Power Sourcing Equipment – Equipment used to inject PoE over the unused
conductors, over the data baring conductor, or over both types of conductors of a
4-pair standard cable (E.g: CAT-5).
Method used to implement customer's option(s) selected at the time of radiomo-
dem purchase (factory-installation) or as add-on (field-installation).
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