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User’s Manual for the NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U

4 Glossary

August 2004

IP Address

A four-byte number uniquely defining each host on the Internet, usually written in dotted-decimal notation

with periods separating the bytes (for example, 134.177.244.57). Ranges of addresses are assigned by

Internic, an organization formed for this purpose.

IPX

Short for Internetwork Packet Exchange, a networking protocol used by the Novell NetWare operating

systems. Like UDP/IP, IPX is a datagram protocol used for connectionless communications. Higher-level

protocols, such as SPX and NCP, are used for additional error recovery services.

ISP

Internet service provider.

Infrastructure Mode

An 802.11 networking framework in which devices communicate with each other by first going through an

Access Point (AP). In infrastructure mode, wireless devices can communicate with each other or can

communicate with a wired network. When one AP is connected to wired network and a set of wireless

stations it is referred to as a Basic Service Set (BSS). An Extended Service Set (ESS) is a set of two or more

BSSs that form a single subnetwork. Most corporate wireless LANs operate in infrastructure mode because

they require access to the wired LAN in order to use services such as file servers or printers.

Internet Protocol

The main internetworking protocol used in the Internet. Used in conjunction with the Transfer Control

Protocol (TCP) to form TCP/IP.

See “TCP/IP”

IP Address

A four-byte number uniquely defining each host on the Internet, usually written in dotted-decimal notation

with periods separating the bytes (for example, 134.177.244.57). Ranges of addresses are assigned by

Internic, an organization formed for this purpose.

ISP

Internet service provider.

LAN

A communications network serving users within a limited area, such as one floor of a building.

local area network

LAN. A communications network serving users within a limited area, such as one floor of a building. A

LAN typically connects multiple personal computers and shared network devices such as storage and

printers. Although many technologies exist to implement a LAN, Ethernet is the most common for

connecting personal computers.

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