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What is NID: Network Interface Device? NID: Network Interface Device. A device that terminates copper pair from the serving central office at the user's destination and which is typically located outside that location. In a FIOS installation with phone service, the installer will run a cable from the ONT to the NID in order to connect the POTS termination on the ONT to the existing inside wiring.
The NIDS then scans any traffic that is transmitted over that segment of your network; the NIDS functions in very much the same way as high-end antivirus applications and it makes use of signature or pattern file method comparing each transmitted packet for patterns that may occur within the signature file.