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AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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MTU
(
Maximum Transmission Unit
)
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The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be
transmitted.
NAT
(
N
etwork
A
ddress
T
ranslation)
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NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area
network to a different IP address for the Internet.
PPPoE
(
P
oint to
P
oint
P
rotocol
o
ver
E
thernet)
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PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote
hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection.
SSID -
A
S
ervice
S
et
Id
entification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key
identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to
communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is
typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in
the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name.
WEP
(
W
ired
E
quivalent
P
rivacy)
-
A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or
152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
Wi-Fi -
A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless
Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group
promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices.
WLAN
(
W
ireless
L
ocal
A
rea
N
etwork)
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A group of computers and associated devices
communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local
area.