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Hardware Manual for the Model CG814WG Wireless Cable Modem Gateway
Glossary B-1
Appendix B
Glossary
10BASE-T
IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.
100BASE-Tx
IEEE 802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.
802.11b, 802.11g
IEEE specification for wireless networking at 11 Mbps (802.11b) and 54
Mbps (802.11g) using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology
and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz.
DHCP
See Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
DNS
See Domain Name Server.
domain name
A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet.
Domain names are of the form of a registered entity name plus one of a
number of predefined top level suffixes such as .com, .edu, .uk, etc. For
example, in the address mail.NETGEAR.com, mail is a server name and
NETGEAR.com is the domain.
DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification. Defines interface
requirements for cable modems involved in high-speed data distribution over
cable television system networks
Domain Name Server
A Domain Name Server (DNS) resolves descriptive names of network
resources (such as www.NETGEAR.com) to numeric IP addresses.
Dynamic Host
Configuration
Protocol
DHCP. An Ethernet protocol specifying how a centralized DHCP server can
assign network configuration information to multiple DHCP clients. The
assigned information includes IP addresses, DNS addresses, and gateway
(router) addresses.
Gateway
A local device, usually a router, that connects hosts on a local network to other
networks.