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Home Monitoring & Control System
Internet
IP Address
ISP
L
LAN
M
MAC Address
MB
Mbps
electronic industries and is accredited by ANSI. 802.11b and
802.11g are examples of standards they have produced.
A worldwide collection of interconnected networks using TCP/IP.
A unique 32-bit value that identifies each host on a TCP/IP
network. TCP/IP networks route messages based on the
destination IP address.
For a Class C network, the first 24 bits are the network address
and the final 8 bits are the host address; in dotted-decimal format
it appears "network.network.network.host."
Internet Service Provider
Local Area Network. A local area network provides a full-time,
high-bandwidth connection over a limited area such as a home,
building, or campus. Ethernet is the most widely used LAN
standard.
The Media Access Control address is a unique, 48-bit value
permanently saved in the ROM at the factory to identify each
Ethernet network device. It is expressed as a sequence of 12
hexadecimal digits printed on the unit's label. You need to
provide the MAC Address to the cable service provider. Also
called an Ethernet address, physical address, hardware address,
or NIC address.
One megabyte; equals 1,024 x 1,024 bytes, 1,024 kilobytes, or
about 8 million bits.
Million bits per second (megabits per second). A rate of data
transfer.
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