THOMSON SpeedTouch, Configuration Manual

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Chapter 1
Introduction
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1.2 The SpeedTouch™ Interfaces
Types of interfaces
In the SpeedTouch™ release R5.4 and higher, there are five different types of
interfaces:
Physical interfaces:
Interfaces that can be connected to other peripherals from outside the box:
Physical Ethernet interface
USB interface (USB 1.1 slave)
IEEE 802.11b/g WiFi Access Point
ISDN modem interface
DSL interface
ATM interfaces:
Interfaces that are created on top of an ATM address, or in case of an ATM
bundle, on top of another ATM interface.
Ethernet interfaces:
Interfaces that are created on top of a physical interface, bridge, ATM
interface, or in case of VLAN, on top of another Ethernet interface.
IP interfaces:
Interfaces that are created on top of an Ethernet interface, an ATM interface or
exist on top of a PPP interface.
PPP interfaces:
Interfaces that are created on top of:
an Ethernet interface
an ATM interface
the ISDN interface
the PPPoE Relay