Motorola WR850GP User Manual

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Glossary

Section 5

WR850

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R

RJ-11

The most common type of connector for household or office

phones.

RJ-45

An 8-pin modular connector; the most common connector type for

10Base-T or 100Base-T Ethernet networks.

Roaming

The ability to transfer your wireless session from one AP to

another AP seamlessly.

ROM

Read-Only Memory.

Router

On IP networks, a device connecting at least two networks, which

may or may not be similar. A router is typically located at a

gateway between networks. A router operates on OSI network

Layer 3. It filters packets based on the IP address, examining the

source and destination IP addresses to determine the best route

to forward them.
A router is often included as part of a network switch. A router

can also be implemented as software on a computer.

Routing Table

A table listing available routes that is used by a router to

determine the best route for a packet.

RTS

Request To Send.

S

Server

In a client/server architecture, a dedicated computer that supplies

files or services such as file transfer, remote login, or printing to

clients. Also see client.

Service Provider

A company providing Internet connection services to subscribers.

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a standard Internet protocol for

transferring e-mail.

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