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Reference Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB Print Server with 4-Port Switch

4 Glossary

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the right order is because of TCP, the connection-oriented protocol that keeps track of the packet sequence in

a message.) In the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communication model, IP is in Layer 3, the

Networking Layer. The most widely used version of IP today is IP version 4 (IPv4). However, IP version 6

(IPv6) is also beginning to be supported. IPv6 provides for much longer addresses and therefore for the

possibility of many more Internet users. IPv6 includes the capabilities of IPv4 and any server that can

support IPv6 packets can also support IPv4 packets.

See “Internet Protocol”

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

See “Local Area Network”

Local Area Network

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 and is limited to a distance of 1,500 feet. LANs can be connected together, but if

modems and telephones connect two or more LANs, the larger network constitutes what is called a WAN or

Wide Area Network.

MAC

(1) Medium Access Control. In LANs, the sublayer of the data link control layer that supports

medium-dependent functions and uses the services of the physical layer to provide services to the logical

link control (LLC) sublayer. The MAC sublayer includes the method of determining when a device has

access to the transmission medium. (2) Message Authentication Code. In computer security, a value that is a

part of a message or accompanies a message and is used to determine that the contents, origin, author, or

other attributes of all or part of the message are as they appear to be. (IBM Glossary of Computing Terms)

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