Heritage Kayaks Heritage Series Routing table, Serial port, Server, Subnet Address, Subnet mask

Heritage Series ADSL Bridge/ Router Appendix A13

Routing table

A list of networks maintained by each router on an internet. Information in the routing table helps the router determine the next router to forward packets to.

Serial port

A connector on the back of the workstation through which data flows to and from a serial device.

Server

A device or system that has been specifically configured to provide a service, usually to a group of clients.

Subnet

A network address created by using a subnet mask to specify that a number of bits in an internet address will be used as a subnet number rather than a host address.

Subnet Address

An extension of the Internet 32-bit addressing scheme which allows the separation of physical or logical networks within the single network number. assigned to an organization. TCP/IP entities outside this organization have no knowledge of the internal ‘subnetting’.

Subnet mask

A 32-bit number to specify which part of an internet address is the network number, and which part is the host address. When written in binary notation, each bit written as 1 corresponds to 1 bit of network address information. One subnet mask applies to all IP devices on an individual IP network.

RS-232

EIA standard specifying the physical layer interface used to connect a device to communications media.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol - A widely implemented Internet network management protocol that allows status monitoring, getting/setting of parameters for configuration and control of network devices, such as routers and bridges.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - An open network standard that defines how devices from different manufacturers communicate with each other over one or more interconnected networks. TCP/IP protocols are the foundation of the Internet, a worldwide network of networks connecting businesses, governments,