Cradlepoint MBR95 User Manual

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CRADLEPOINT MBR95 | USER MANUAL Firmware ver. 3.2.4

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Half-duplex
Data cannot be transmitted and received at the same

time.
Hashing
Transforming a string of characters into a shorter string

with a predefined length.
Hexadecimal
Characters 0-9 and A-F.
Hop
The action of data packets being transmitted from one

router to another.
Host
Computer on a network.
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol is used to transfer files from

HTTP servers (web servers) to HTTP clients (web

browsers).
HTTPS
HTTP over SSL is used to encrypt and decrypt HTTP

transmissions.
Hub
A networking device that connects multiple devices

together.
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol.

IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol is used to make

sure that computers can report their multicast group

membership to adjacent routers.
IIS
Internet Information Server is a WEB server and FTP

server provided by Microsoft.
IKE
Internet Key Exchange is used to ensure security for

VPN connections.
Infrastructure
In terms of a wireless network, this is when wireless

clients use an access point to gain access to the network.
Internet
A system of worldwide networks that use TCP/IP to allow

for resources to be accessed from computers around the

world.
Internet Explorer
A World Wide Web browser created and provided by

Microsoft.
Internet Protocol
The method of transferring data from one computer to

another on the internet.

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