Motorola WR850 manual Glossary, Section

Glossary Section 5

R

RJ-11

The most common type of connector for household or office phones.

RJ-45

An 8-pin modular connector; the most common connector type for 10Base-T or 100Base-T Ethernet networks.

Roaming

The ability to transfer your wireless session from one AP to another AP seamlessly.

ROM

Read-Only Memory.

Router

On IP networks, a device connecting at least two networks, which may or may not be similar. A router is typically located at a gateway between networks. A router operates on OSI network Layer 3. It filters packets based on the IP address, examining the source and destination IP addresses to determine the best route to forward them.

A router is often included as part of a network switch. A router can also be implemented as software on a computer.

Routing Table

A table listing available routes that is used by a router to determine the best route for a packet.

RTS

Request To Send.

S

Server

In a client/server architecture, a dedicated computer that supplies files or services such as file transfer, remote login, or printing to clients. Also see client.

Service Provider

A company providing Internet connection services to subscribers.

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a standard Internet protocol for transferring e-mail.

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