Verilink 8100A (34-00237) Product Manual - Manual (Page 310)

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PVC. Permanent Virtual Circuit. PVCs save bandwidth associated with circuit
establishment and tear down in situations where certain virtual circuits must
exist all the time.
REN. Ringer Equivalency Number. Indicates the quantity of ringers that may
be connected to a single telephone line and still ring.
RFC. Request for Comments. Documents that detail operation of the Internet.
To obtain these document, go to www.rfc-editor.org.
RIP. Routing Information Protocol. Internet protocol used to exchange
routing information within a system. RIP uses hop count as a routing metric.
Router. Network layer device that uses one or more metrics to determine the
optimal path to forward network traffic. Routers forward packets from one
network to another based on network layer information. a router may connect
networks using various protocols by encapsulating data within another
network's packet format or by removing layers of packet formatting.
SNMP. Simple Network Management Protocol. Network management
protocol used in TCP/IP networks. SNMP provides a way to monitor and
control network devices and to manage configurations, Statistics collection,
performance and security.
Subnet Mask. 32-bit address mask that indicates the bits of an IP address
used for the subnet address.
SVC. Switched Virtual Circuit. Virtual circuit that is dynamically established
on demand and is torn down when transmission is complete.
T1. Network connection with a capacity of 1.544 Mbps, divided into 24
separate channels (or DS0s).
TCP/IP. Protocols used for IP networks, such as the Internet, Intranets and
many LANs. IP networks are connectionless, packet-switching networks.
TFTP. Trivial File Transfer Protocol. Simplified version of FTP that transfers
files from one computer to another over a network.
WAN. Wide Area Network. Data communications network that serves users
across a broad geographic area and often uses transmission devices provided
by common carriers. Frame Relay is an example of a WAN.