Linksys BEFCMUH4 Quick Manual page 40

Linksys BEFCMUH4 Cable Gatewayr + 802.11b Wireless-Ready
electromagnetic induction between pairs of wires, two insulated copper wires
are twisted around each other. Each signal on twisted pair requires both wires.
Since some telephone sets or desktop locations require multiple connections,
twisted pair is sometimes installed in two or more pairs, all within a single
cable.
WAN – A communications network that covers a wide geographic area, such
as state or country.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) – A data privacy mechanism based on a
64-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
WINIPCFG – Configuration utility based on the Win32 API for querying
defining and managing IP addresses within a network. A commonly used utility,
under Windows 95, 98, and Millennium, for configuring networks with static IP
addresses.
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