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GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide
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domain name, network mask.
ISP Internet Service Provider
A company that provides Internet access to its customers,
usually for a fee.
LAN Local Area Network
A network limited to a small geographic area, such as a home,
office, or small building.
LED Light Emitting Diode
An electronic light-emitting device. The indicator lights on the
front of the SL-1000 are LEDs.
MAC address Media Access Control address
The permanent hardware address of a device, assigned by its
manufacturer. MAC addresses are expressed as six pairs of
characters.
mask See network mask.
Multicast To send data to a group of network devices.
Mbps Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits per
second. Network data rates are often expressed in Mbps.
Monitor Also called “Roving Analysis”, allow you to attach a network
analyzer to one port and use it to monitor the traffics of other
ports on the switch.
network A group of computers that are connected together, allowing them
to communicate with each other and share resources, such as
software, files, etc. A network can be small, such as a LAN, or
very large, such as the Internet.