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 MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) - The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be transmitted.
 NAT (Network Address Translation) - NAT technology translates IP addresses of a local area network
to a different IP address for the Internet.
 PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) - PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to
the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection.
 SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a
wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all
devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a
wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network
name.
 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-bit
shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
 Wi-Fi - A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless Ethernet
Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting
interoperability among 802.11b devices.
 WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and associated devices communicate
with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area.