Network Notes

Acronyms:

• IP Address - Internet Protocol Address
  
• URL - Uniform Resource Locator
  
• WAN - Wide Area Network
  
• LAN - Local Area Network
  
• WLAN - Wireless Local Area Newtork
  
• MAC - Media Access Control
  • any device with networking hardware has a unique MAC address
• DNS - Domain Name Server
  • converts IP addresses to URL names
• WEP - Wired Equivalent Protection
  • a passcode to protect a WLAN
• SSID - Service Set Identifier
  
• Hexadecimal Digits - 0-9 and a-f