Motorola WR850 - Manual (Page 93)

Glossary Section 5
WR850 5-9
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.