Hughes DW4020 Network Hardware User Manual


 
Chapter 3 • The User Interface
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Longitude - displays the satellite’s longitude.
Receive Polarization - polarization orientation.
Software Configuration section- WEB Acceleration, NAT,
and DHCP are enabled or disabled as per a customer’s
service offering and cannot be changed by the customer.
Web Acceleration - Allows fast access to Internet
Web sites and high-speed data download from the Internet.
Network Address Translation (NAT) - typically
used to allow multiple computers to share a single address
on the Internet. It also allows preconfigured remote
networks to be integrated easily with the DIRECWAY
network.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
if enabled, this simplifies the network configuration of the
computers. The computers just need to be set up to “Obtain
IP address automatically.”
Firewall - can be enabled by the user and configured to
help deflect unwanted Internet traffic.
Figure 39: System Information; print and save this screen