Verilink XEL XSP-100 SHARK IAP (9SA-USRS-9.0R1.02) Product Manual - Manual (Page 255)

Chapter 10.Appendix A: Glossary Chapter 10
SHARK™ IAD User's Guide XEL P/N & Release: 9SA-USRS-9.0R1.02 Appendix: 10-13
standards for TCP/IP networking.
RFC 1483 Document entitled "Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5," which
establishes basic standards for ATM networking.
R
ING
One conductor of a telephone wire pair, designated by R.
RIP Routing Information Protocol. RIP provides information on the shortest distance between the
originating and destination devices on a network. The number of “hops” determines the shortest
distance. Each router on a network maintains a routing table and periodically broadcasts this
information to nearby routers. In this way, the entire network maintains a synchronized table.
RJ-45 Eight-pin connector used for 10BaseT (twisted pair Ethernet) networks.
ROUTE
Path through a network from one node to another. A large internetwork can have several
alternate routes from a source to a destination.
ROUTER
Device that uses a packet's IP address to forward it to its destination (or to a router closer to the
packet's destination).
ROUTING TABLE
Table stored in a router or other networking device that records available routes and distances for
remote network destinations.
RTS Request to Send. Circuit activated in hardware flow control when a computer (or other DTE) is
ready. See CTS, xon/xoff.
- S -
S
EQUENCE
One or more digits, range of digits, x, or local, defined in the detect-string parameter of the
Dialing table, that matches a given sequence. Example: 51092[3-5] matches 510923, or 510924,
or 510925.
SERIAL
COMMUNICATION
Method of data transmission in which data bits are transmitted sequentially over a
communication channel.
SF Super Frame format. Another name for D4 format. See D4 above.
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol. Predecessor to PPP that allows communication over serial point-to-
point connections running TCP/IP. Defined in RFC 1055.
SNAP Sub Network Attachment Point.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is a network management protocol that allows a
network manager to communicate with devices over an IP network, and allows a device to send
alarm and status messages to an SNMP network management system located either on the LAN
or on a remote network.