Prestige 645 ADSL Internet Access Router

 

 

informational in nature. Of those that are intended to become Internet standards, the final

 

 

version of the RFC becomes the standard and no further comments or changes are permitted.

 

 

Change can occur, however, through subsequent RFCs.

 

 

 

RIP

 

Routing Information Protocol is an interior or intra-domain routing protocol that uses

 

 

distance-vector routing algorithms. RIP is used on the Internet and is common in the

 

 

NetWare environment as a method for exchanging routing information between routers.

 

 

 

SAP

 

In NetWare, the SAP (Service Advertising Protocol) broadcasts information about available

 

 

services on the network that other network devices can listen to. A server sends out SAP

 

 

messages every 60 seconds. A server also sends out SAP messages to inform other devices

 

 

that it is closing down. Workstations use SAP to find services they need on the network.

 

 

 

Server

 

A computer, or a software package, that provides a specific kind of service to client software

 

 

running on other computers.

 

 

 

SNMP

 

Simple Network Management Protocol is a popular management protocol defined by the

 

 

Internet community for TCP/IP networks. It is a communication protocol for collecting

 

 

information from devices on the network.

 

 

 

STP

 

Twisted-pair cable consists of copper-core wires surrounded by an insulator. Two wires are

 

 

twisted together to form a pair, and the pair form a balanced circuit. The twisting prevents

 

 

interference problems. STP (shielded twisted-pair) provides protection against external

 

 

crosstalk.

 

 

 

Straight

 

A cable that wires a pin to its equivalent pin. This cable connects two dissimilar devices, for

through

 

example, a data terminal equipment (DTE) and a data communications equipment (DCE)

Ethernet

 

device. A straight through Ethernet cable is the most common cable used.

cable

 

 

 

 

 

SUA

 

Single User Account – The Prestige's SUA (Single User Account) feature allows multiple

 

 

user Internet access for the cost of a single ISP account - see also NAT.

 

 

 

TCP

 

Transmission Control Protocol handles flow control and packet recovery and IP providing

 

 

basic addressing and packet-forwarding services.

 

 

 

Telnet

 

Telnet is the login and terminal emulation protocol common on the Internet and in UNIX

 

 

environments. It operates over TCP/IP networks. Its primary function is to allow users to log

 

 

into remote host systems.

 

 

 

Terminal

 

A device that allows you to send commands to a computer somewhere else. At a minimum,

 

 

this usually means a keyboard and a display screen and some simple circuitry.

 

 

 

Terminal

 

Software that pretends to be (emulates) a physical terminal and allows you to type

Software

 

commands to a computer somewhere else.

 

 

 

H

Glossary