Hughes Network DirecWay DW4020, User Manual

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The User Interface
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Longitude -
displays the satellite’s longitude.
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Receive Polarization -
polarization orientation.
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Software Configuration section- WEB Acceleration, NAT, and DHCP are
enabled or disabled as per a customer’s service offering and cannot be
changed by the customer.
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Web Acceleration -
Allows fast access to Internet Web sites and
high-speed data download from the Internet.
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Network Address Translation (NAT)
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typically used to allow
multiple computers to share a single address on the Internet. It also allows
preconfigured remote networks to be integrated easily with the
DIRECWAY
®
network.
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DHCP -
if enabled, this simplifies the network configuration of your
computers. The computers just need to be set up to “Obtain IP address
automatically.”
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Firewall -
can be enabled by the user and configured to help deflect
unwanted Internet traffic.
Figure 14: System Information; print and save this screen