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4.5 Technical Terms
Description for terms and abbreviations used in this manual.
BitTorrent™
BitTorrent is the name of a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution client application and also of its
related file sharing protocol, both of which were created by programmer Bram Cohen. BitTorrent is
designed to distribute large amounts of data widely without incurring the corresponding
consumption in costly server and bandwidth resources. For more details, please refer
FAT32
File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed by Microsoft for MS-DOS. The FAT file
system is considered relatively uncomplicated, and is consequently supported by virtually all
existing operating systems for personal computers. The maximum size of a single file is limited to
4GB or when the drive has been formatted using the disk utility of the network drive to 127GB.
FTP
FTP or file transfer protocol is a commonly used protocol for exchanging files over any network
that supports the TCP/IP protocol (such as the Internet or an intranet). There are two computers
involved in an FTP transfer: a server (network drive) and a client (user’s computer).
ISP
An Internet service provider (ISP) is a company that offers its customers access to the Internet.
LAN
A Local Area Network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small local area, like a home, office,
or small group of buildings such as a home, office, or college.
PPPoE
The Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) is a network protocol for encapsulating Point-
to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames inside Ethernet frames. It is used mainly with DSL services where
individual users connect to the DSL modem over Ethernet.
SMB
Server Message Block (SMB) is a network application-level protocol mainly applied to share files,
printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network.
SNTP
Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the time over the network.
Torrent™
A torrent can mean either a .torrent metadata file or all files described by it, depending on context.
The torrent file contains metadata about all the files it makes downloadable, including their names
and sizes and checksums of all pieces in the torrent. It also contains the address of a tracker that
coordinates communication between the peers in the swarm.
4.6 FAQ
Q: I forgot my login, what do I do?
A:
If you lost the administrator’s password, press and hold the reset button, turn on the device and
wait for 5 seconds. Release the button and the device will reset all settings back to its factory
default setup. The default login is admin/admin.
