Siemens GIGASET SX762 WLAN DSL Manual page 134

Glossary
Internet
The Internet is a wide-area network (WAN) linking several million users around the
world. A number of
known collectively as TCP/IP. All participants on the Internet can be identified by an
address. Servers are addressed by
are assigned to IP addresses by the Domain Name Service (DNS).
These are some of the main Internet services:
Electronic mail (e-mail)
u
The World Wide Web (WWW)
u
File transfer (FTP)
u
Discussion forums (Usenet / Newsgroups)
u
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider offers access to the
Internet telephony
Transmission of voice via the
IP
Internet protocol
The IP Protocol is one of the
network using IP addresses
the paths along which the data packets travel from the sender to the recipient in a com-
plex network (routing).
IP address
The IP address is the unique network-wide address of a network component in a net-
work based on the
net). The IP address has four parts (each with up to three-position digit sequences) sep-
arated by full stops (e.g. 192.168.1.1). The IP address comprises the network number
and the computer number. Depending on the
form the network number; the remainder form the computer number. You can find out
the IP address of your PC using the ipconfig command.
IP addresses can be assigned manually (see
Dynamic IP address).
On the Internet Domain names
is used to assign domain names to IP addresses.
The Gigaset SX762 WLAN dsl has a
IPoA
IP over ATM
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Protocols have been created for exchanging data, and these are
Domain names
Internet (Voice over IP).
TCP/IP protocols. It is responsible for addressing parties in a
and routes data from the sender to the recipient. It decides
TCP/IP protocols (e.g. in a local area network (LAN) or on the
are normally used instead of the IP addresses. The
Private IP address
(e.g. siemens.com). Domain names
Internet for a fee.
Subnet mask, one, two or three parts
Static IP address) or automatically (see
and a Public IP
IP
Inter-
DNS
address.