Rosewill Wireless Adapter RNX-EasyN1, Руководство пользователя

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Wireless Adapter RNX-EasyN1 User Manual
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networks because only changes to the routing table are sent to all the other routers in
the network as opposed to sending the entire routing table at a regular interval, which is
how RIP functions
P
Password
A sequence of characters that is used to authenticate requests to resources on a
network
Personal Area Network
The interconnection of networking devices within a range of 10 meters
Physical layer
The first layer of the OSI model. Provides the hardware means of transmitting electrical
signals on a data carrier
Ping
A utility program that verifies that a given Internet address exists and can receive
messages. The utility sends a control packet to the given address and waits for a
response.
PoE
Power over Ethernet is the means of transmitting electricity over the unused pairs in a
category 5 Ethernet cable
POP3
Post Office Protocol 3 is used for receiving email
Port
A logical channel endpoint in a network. A computer might have only one physical
channel (its Ethernet channel) but can have multiple ports (logical channels) each
identified by a number.
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol is used for two computers to communicate with each over a
serial interface, like a phone line
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet is used to connect multiple computers to a remote
server over Ethernet
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol is used for creating VPN tunnels over the Internet
between two networks
Preamble
Used to synchronize communication timing between devices on a network
Q
QoS
Quality of Service
R
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service allows for remote users to dial into a central
server and be authenticated in order to access resources on a network
Reboot