NETGEAR FR114P Reference Manual page 146

Reference Manual for the Model FR114P, FR114W and FM114P Cable/DSL ProSafe Firewall Family
subnet mask
UTP
VPN
WAN
WEP
wide area network
Wi-Fi
Windows Internet
Naming Service
WINS
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See netmask.
Unshielded twisted pair. The cable used by 10BASE-T and 100BASE-Tx
Ethernet networks.
Virtual Private Network. A method for securely transporting data between two
private networks by using a public network such as the Internet as a
connection.
See wide area network.
Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is a data encryption protocol for 802.11b
wireless networks. All wireless nodes and access points on the network are
configured with a 64-bit or 128-bit Shared Key for data encryption.
WAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local
area networks. The Internet is a large WAN.
See 802.11b. 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 standard group promoting interoperability among
802.11b devices.
WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving
Windows-based computer names to IP addresses. If a remote network
contains a WINS server, your Windows PCs can gather information from that
WINS server about its local hosts. This allows your PCs to browse that remote
network using Network Neighborhood.
See Windows Internet Naming Service.
Glossary