This page is meant to provide definitions and answers to what some of the common networking and internet terms are with routers & modems.

Instead of simply rewriting or copying the information from other pages I have provided direct links to Wikipedia pages with all the detailed information on what your looking for.

Makes for some good reading for us geeks :-)

Simply click on any term below and a new window will open and load the Wikipedia page for that term.

Internet Protocol - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol

IP Address - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address

Subnet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetwork

Default Gateway - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_gateway

DNS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system

DHCP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhcp

Local Area Network (LAN) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_area_network

Gigabit Ethernet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet

Wireless Lan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_LAN

Wi-Fi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi

Wireless Security - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_security

Port Forwarding - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding

Port Triggering - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_triggering

TCP & UDP Ports - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_and_UDP_port

Routers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router

Modem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem

Cable Modem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_modem

DSL Modem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSL_modem

Verizon FiOS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_FiOS

IP Multimedia Subsystem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Multimedia_Subsystem