RadioLAN DockLINK Network Card User Manual


 
890-010 12/04/98 Page 88 © 1998 RadioLAN.
DHCP Server
A protocol software that manages and tracks the assignment and use of static and dynamic
IP Addresses to devices attempting to connect to a network.
DNS
The Domain Name System or Service, a system used by a network to transcribe the name or
letter address of a site or location on the Internet entered by a user into the site’s
corresponding numerical IP Address.
Domain
A grouping of devices that are members of a specific realm or location on a network. Each
device is identified on the Internet by a specific extension attach to the location’s IP Address
which is shared among all devices within the domain.
Gateway
A door in the Internet that allows a member of one domain to access another domain. (The
domains have different IP Addresses.)