Heritage Series ADSL Bridge/ Router Appendix

A-13

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.

SHDSL

G.SHDSL stands for Symmetric High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Loop and is defined by the new ITU Global Standard G991.2 from February 2001. It delivers voice and data services based on highly innovative communication technologies and will thus be able to replace older communication technologies such as T1, E1, HDSL, HDSL2, SDSL, ISDN and IDSL in the future.

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.

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