Guide to Acronyms

CSMA/CA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

CTS: Clear To Send

DDNS: Dynamic Domain Name System

DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DMZ: Demilitarized Zone

DNS: Domain Name Server

DSL: Digital Subscriber Line

DSSS: Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum

DTIM: Delivery Traffic Indication Message

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

HTTP: HyperText Transport Protocol

IEEE: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IP: Internet Protocol

IPSec: Internet Protocol Security

ISP: Internet Service Provider

LAN: Local Area Network

MAC Address: Media Access Control Address

MBPS: Megabits Per Second

NAT: Network Address Translation

NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol

OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

PING: Packet INternet Groper

POP3: Post Office Protocol 3

PPPoE: Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet

PPTP: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

RJ-45: Registered Jack-45

RTS: Request To Send

SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol

SSID: Service Set IDentifier

TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TFTP: Trivial File Transfer Protocol

UDP: User Datagram Protocol

URL: Uniform Resource Locator

VPN: Virtual Private Network

WAN: Wide Area Network

WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy

WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network