Glossary

Router Information Protocol (RIP)

Router Information

RIP is based on distance vector algorithms that measure the shortest path between two

Protocol (RIP)

points on a network, based on the addresses of the originating and destination devices. The

 

shortest path is determined by the number of hops between those points. Each router

 

maintains a routing table, or routing database, of known addresses and routes; each router

 

periodically broadcasts the contents of its table to neighboring routers in order that the

 

entire network can maintain a synchronized database.

Router Information

Original version of RIP. This is a classful routing protocol, it does not have the ability to

Protocol Version 1

transmit the subnet mask within its updates. RIP v1 imposes the subnet mask on the

(RIPv1)

inbound interface and this is normally defined by the engineer. Learned routes are entered

 

into the routing table with their natural mask. As a result there can be a great waste of

 

internet host addresses.

Router Information

Second version of RIP, additional to Version 1, enables the use of a simple authentication

Protocol Version 2

mechanism to secure table updates. More importantly, RIP 2 supports subnet masks, a

(RIPv2)

critical feature that is not available in RIP (v1).

SAP

Service Access Point.

Session Initiation

SIP is the emerging standard for setting up telephone call, multimedia conferencing, instant

Protocol (SIP)

messaging and other types of real-time communication on the internet.

signal

A generated electrical impulse that is a change in voltage to trigger an event.

Simple Network

SNMP is the most common method by which network managements applications can

Management Protocol

query a management agent using a supported MIB (Management Information Base).

(SNMP)

SNMP operates at the OSI application layer.

spanning tree

Spanning Tree Protocol is a link management protocol that provides path redundancy while

 

preventing undesirable loops in the network. For an Ethernet network to function properly,

 

only one active path can exist between two stations.

SRV

SRV is an resource record that specifies the locations of servers.

subnet mask

32-bit quantity indicating which bits in an IP address identify the physical network

T1

Trunk Level 1. A digital transmission link with a total signaling speed of 1.544 Mbps. T-1

 

is a standard for the digital transmission in North America.

telnet

An Internet standard protocol that enables a computer to function as a terminal working

 

from a remote computer

TDM

Time Division Multiplex. A technique for transmitting a number of separate data, voice

 

and/or video signals simultaneously over one communications medium by quickly

 

interleaving a piece of each signal one after another.

Terminal Endpoint

Up to eight devices can be connected to one ISDN BRI (or PRI) line. The TEI defines, for

Identifier (TEI)

a given message, which of the eight devices is communicating with the Central Office

 

switch. In general, more than one of the eight may be communicating.

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol.

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