Nokia DSL Gateway High-Speed Internet Connection Network Card User Manual


 
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Unspecified bitrate,
UBR
Quality of service QoS where there are no guarantees in terms of data loss rate
and delay. UBR is very efficient, but not used for critical data.
Vbridge Gateway/bridge management interface used as a bridge host interface or gateway
interface depending on the operation mode On the gateway's web pages, the
VBRIDGE is called gateway or bridge IP interface.
Virtual private
network, VPN
Network which is constructed by using a public information network and which
uses encryption. The terminal equipment can be situated all over the world but
they function as if they were connected to a local area network LAN.
Weighted fair
queueing, WFQ
Traffic management technique which controls transmission bandwidth allocation
determined by the bandwidth needed for the traffic flow.
Wide area network,
WAN
Data communications network that serves users across a broad geographic area.
Wi-Fi, Wireless
Fidelity
Wireless LAN standard (IEEE 802.11b) developed to maximise multi-vendor
interoperability as well as to introduce a variety of performance improvements
and benefits to the wireless networking technology.
Wired equivalent
privacy, WEP
Security protocol used to provide data security by encrypting data over radio
waves. The WEP is defined in IEEE 802.11 standard and it is designed to provide
the same level of security as that of a wired LAN.
WirelessLAN Card,
Nokia C111
Card which enables to wirelessly connect compatible laptop computers, hand-
held devices, desktop PCs, and other devices with a type II or II PC card slot to a
wired local area network through an access point.
Wireless local area
network, WLAN
Local area network using wireless connections as transmission path.
WLAN clients The wireless devices (for example PC's and laptops) inside your wireless
network.