NETGEAR FVM318 Reference Manual page 179

Reference Manual for the Model FVM318 Cable/DSL ProSafe Wireless VPN Security Firewall
subnet mask
UPnP
Universal Plug and
Play
URL
UTP
VPN
WAN
WEB Proxy Server
WEP
wide area network
Wi-Fi
Windows Internet
Naming Service
Glossary
See netmask.
See Universal Plug and Play.
UPnP. A networking architecture that provides compatibility among
networking equipment, software and peripherals of the 400+ vendors that are
part of the Universal Plug and Play Forum. UPnP compliant routers provide
broadband users at home and small businesses with a seamless way to
participate in online games, videoconferencing and other peer-to-peer
services.
Universal Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other
resources on the World Wide Web.
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.
A Web proxy server is a specialized HTTP server that allows clients access to
Internet from behind a firewall. The proxy server listens for requests from
clients within the firewall and forwards these requests to remote Internet
servers outside the firewall. The proxy server reads responses from the
external servers and then sends them to internal client clients.
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.
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