User's Manual

or subnets. The mask is a binary pattern that is matched up with the IP address to turn

part of the host ID address field into a field for subnets.

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) - A method (protocol) used along with the IP

(Internet Protocol) to send data in the form of message units (data gram) between

network devices over a LAN or WAN. While IP takes care of handling the actual

delivery of the data (routing), TCP takes care of keeping track of the individual units

of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient delivery over the

network. TCP is known as a "connection oriented" protocol due to requiring the

receiver of a packet to return an acknowledgment of receipt to the sender of the

packet resulting in transmission control.

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) - The basic

communication language or set of protocols for communications over a network

(developed specifically for the Internet). TCP/IP defines a suite or group of protocols

and not only TCP and IP.

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) - A method (protocol) used along with the IP

(Internet Protocol) to send data in the form of message units (datagram) between

network devices over a LAN or WAN. While IP takes care of handling the actual

delivery of the data (routing), UDP takes care of keeping track of the individual units

of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient delivery over the

network. UDP is known as a “connection-less” protocol due to NOT requiring the

receiver of a packet to return an acknowledgment of receipt to the sender of the

packet (as opposed to TCP). WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy

mechanism based on a 64- bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11b

standard. WINIPCFG - Configuration utility based on the Win32 API for querying,

defining and managing IP addresses within a network. A commonly used utility under

Windows 95, 98SE, and Me.

WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and associated

devices that communicate with each other wirelessly.