Buffalo Technology WHR-G125 Baby Accessories User Manual


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PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association) Card:Removable
modulethataddsfeaturestoaportable
computer.
Peer-to-peer:Thissimplenetworkisformedby
connectingcomputersdirectly,withoutuseof
routersorhubs.Acrossover cableisplugged
intoanEthernetportineachcomputer,
connectingthemdirectly.
Ping (Packet Internet Groper): An Internet
utility used to determine whether a particular
IPaddressisaccessable.
Plug and Play:Hardwarethat,oncephysically
installed,nishesitsinstallationautomatically
andmayimmediatelybeused,asopposed
to hardware that requires further manual
conguration.
PoE (Power over Ethernet): A mechanism
tosendDCpowertoadeviceusingaCAT5
Ethernetcable.
MHz (MegaHertz): One million cycles per
second.
NAT (Network Address Translation): An
internetstandardthatenablesaLANto
use one set of IP addresses for internal
trafcandasecondsetforexternaltrafc.
NIC (Network Interface Card): An
expansioncardconnectedtoacomputer
sothecomputercanbeconnectedtoa
network.
Packet: Ablockofdatathatistransferred
asasingleunit,alsocalledaframeora
block.
Packet Filtering: Discardingunwanted
networktrafcbasedonitsoriginating
address or its type.
PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect):Abusthatisconnected
directly to the CPU.
Glossary
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