TP-Link 108M Wireless ADSL2+ Router TD-W8920G - Manual (Page 81)

TD-W8920G 108M Wireless ADSL2+ Router User Guide
Chapter 6. Appendix
Appendix A: Glossary
108M Super G
™
WLAN Transmission Technology - 108M Super G
™
WLAN Transmission
Technology employs multiple performance-enhancing techniques including packet bursting, fast
frames, data compression, and dynamic turbo mode that combine to improve the throughput and
range of wireless networking products. Users can experience link rates of up to 108Mbps, twice
the industry-standard maximum data link rate of 54Mbps, while preserving full compatibility with
traditional 802.11g or 802.11b networks. 108M Super G
™
products offer the highest throughput
performance available on the market today. In dynamic 108M mode, the device can attach
802.11b, 802.11g and 108Mbps Super G
™
devices at the same time in an integrated environment.
2x to 3x eXtended Range™ WLAN Transmission Technology - The WLAN device with 2x to
3x eXtended Range™ WLAN transmission technology make its sensitivity up to 105 dB, which
gives users the ability to have robust, longer-range wireless connections. With this
range-enhancing technology, a 2x to 3x eXtended Range™ based client and access point can
maintain a connection at as much as three times the transmission distance of traditional 802.11b
and 802.11g products, for a coverage area that is up to nine times greater. A traditional 802.11b
and 802.11g product transmission distance is about 300m, a 2x to 3x eXtended Range™ based
client and access point can maintain a connection transmission distance may be up to 830m.
Access Point - A device that allows wireless-equipped computers and other devices to
communicate with a wired network. Also used to expand the range of a wireless network.
Ad-hoc Network - An ad-hoc network is a group of computers, each with a wireless adapter,
connected as an independent IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN. Ad-hoc wireless computers operate on
a peer-to-peer basis, communicating directly with each other without the use of an access point.
Ad-hoc mode is also referred to as an Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) or as peer-to-peer
mode, and is useful at a departmental scale or SOHO operation.
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) - A security method that uses symmetric 128-bit block data
encryption.
ACS (Auto-Configuration Server) - Through ACS (Auto-Configuration Server) you can perform
auto-configuration, provision, collection, and diagnostics to the device.
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) - ATM is a cell based transfer mode that requires variable
length user information to be segmented and reassembled to/from short, fixed length cells. It uses
two different methods for carrying connectionless network interconnect traffic, routed and bridged
Protocol Data Units (PDUs), over an ATM network.
Bridging - A device that connects different networks.
Browser - An application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the
information on the World Wide Web.
DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - Allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail
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