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Network Address Translation (NAT) - provides
IP address translation from the LAN. Two
standard types of NAT are Network Address
Port Translation (NAPT) and Basic NAT.
Another flavor, Simple NAT, is provided by
DIRECWAY to facilitate this feature in
corporate networks where the LAN addresses
are sparsely allocated.
Network interface cards (NIC) - cards used in
wired and wireless networks to process signals.
Network Operations Center (NOC) - The heart
of the DIRECWAY system. This central office
has multiple connections to the Internet
backbone. Your requests are received over the
satellite, transmitted over the backbones to the
Internet sites, and the responses received from
the sites are transmitted back to you over the
satellite.
Network Address Translation (NAT)- a method
of connecting multiple computers to the Internet
(or any other IP network) using one IP address.
Performance enhancing proxy (PEP) - Also
referred to as TCP Acceleration. This is a
proprietary protocol provided by DIRECWAY
for use over the satellite link to optimize
performance for TCP/IP based applications,
including faster downloads over satellite.
Post Office Protocol (version 3) (POP3) - A
protocol used to retrieve email from your mail
server.
Protocol - An agreed upon, standardized format
for communicating between computers or
devices.