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<strong>Reference</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Model</strong> <strong>CG814M</strong> <strong>Wireless</strong> <strong>Cable</strong> Modem Gateway<br />

Glossary<br />

10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification <strong>for</strong> 10 Mbps E<strong>the</strong>rnet over twisted pair wiring.<br />

100BASE-Tx IEEE 802.3 specification <strong>for</strong> 100 Mbps E<strong>the</strong>rnet over twisted pair wiring.<br />

802.11b IEEE specification <strong>for</strong> wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence<br />

spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in <strong>the</strong> unlicensed radio<br />

spectrum at 2.5GHz.<br />

Denial of Service<br />

attack<br />

DoS. A hacker attack designed to prevent your computer or network from<br />

operating or communicating.<br />

DHCP See Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.<br />

DNS See Domain Name Server.<br />

domain name A descriptive name <strong>for</strong> an address or group of addresses on <strong>the</strong> Internet.<br />

Domain names are of <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>m of a registered entity name plus one of a<br />

number of predefined top level suffixes such as .com, .edu, .uk, etc. For<br />

example, in <strong>the</strong> address mail.NETGEAR.com, mail is a server name and<br />

NETGEAR.com is <strong>the</strong> domain.<br />

DOCSIS Data Over <strong>Cable</strong> Service Interface Specification. Defines interface<br />

requirements <strong>for</strong> cable modems involved in high-speed data distribution over<br />

cable television system networks<br />

Domain Name Server A Domain Name Server (DNS) resolves descriptive names of network<br />

resources (such as www.NETGEAR.com) to numeric IP addresses.<br />

Dynamic Host<br />

Configuration<br />

Protocol<br />

DHCP. An E<strong>the</strong>rnet protocol specifying how a centralized DHCP server can<br />

assign network configuration in<strong>for</strong>mation to multiple DHCP clients. The<br />

assigned in<strong>for</strong>mation includes IP addresses, DNS addresses, and gateway<br />

(router) addresses.<br />

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