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ISP (Internet Service Provider)
A company that provides Internet access to its customers,
usually for a fee.
LAN (Local Area Network)
A network limited to a small geographic area, such as a home,
office, or small building.
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
An electronic light-emitting device. The indicator lights on the
front of the ADSL Barricade are LEDs.
MAC address (Media Access Control address)
The permanent hardware address of a device, assigned by its
manufacturer. MAC addresses are expressed as six pairs of
characters.
mask
See network mask.
Mbps
Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits per
second. Network data rates are often expressed in Mbps.
Microfilter
In splitterless deployments, a microfilter is a device that removes
the data frequencies in the DSL signal, so that telephone users
do not experience interference (noise) from the data signals.
Microfilter types include in-line (installs between phone and jack)
and wall-mount (telephone jack with built-in microfilter).
See also splitterless.
NAT (Network Address Translation)
A service performed by many routers that translates your
network's publicly known IP address into a Private IP address
for each computer on your LAN. Only your router and your LAN