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58 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network. It is a fast digital phone line provided
by most phone companies. Requires a special card or an additional external
device for your computer. Your Internet Service Provider must be able to pro-
vide an ISDN connection.
ISP: Internet Service Provider. A company that provides access to the Internet
for private and business users. This company handles the link from your com-
puter to the rest of the Internet.
LAN: Local Area Network. A network of computers in a workgroup, department,
or building (or home).
POP: Post Office Protocol. A standard protocol for exchanging e-mail messages
between an e-mail client and an e-mail server.
PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol. A standard protocol for using a modem and tele-
phone line to connect to a network using TCP/IP. This is accomplished by en-
capsulating IP packets in specialized Network Control Protocol packets.
PPPoE: PPP over Ethernet. A protocol allowing DSL connections to be turned
on or off dynamically.
PPTP: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. Microsoft’s protocol to allow corpora-
tions to extend their networks through virtual “tunnels” over the Internet.
Print Server: A method for sharing a printer with other computers over a LAN.
This feature is built into the FR1004AL.
PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network. The telephone line network that is
used when you make an analog telephone call.
RFC: Request for Comments. One of a series of documents defining a pro-
posed protocol and requesting standardization. To retrieve an RFC, go to http://
www.ietf.org/rfc/rfcNNNN.txt, where NNNN is the number of the target RFC.
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Standard protocol for transferring elec-
tronic mail messages from one mail server to another. SMTP specifies how mail
systems interact and the format of control messages.
SPI: Secure Packet Inspection. Also commonly called Stateful Packet Inspec-
tion. A firewall passes or blocks data based upon a set of pre-defined or user-