Heritage Kayaks Heritage Series - Manual (Page 160)

Heritage Series ADSL Bridge/ Router
A13 Appendix
Routing table
A list of networks maintained by each router on an internet.
Information in the routing table helps the router determine the next
router to forward packets to.
Serial port
A connector on the back of the workstation through which data flows
to and from a serial device.
Server
A device or system that has been specifically configured to provide a
service, usually to a group of clients.
Subnet
A network address created by using a subnet mask to specify that a
number of bits in an internet address will be used as a subnet number
rather than a host address.
Subnet Address
An extension of the Internet 32-bit addressing scheme which allows
the separation of physical or logical networks within the single
network number. assigned to an organization. TCP/IP entities
outside this organization have no knowledge of the internal
‘subnetting’.
Subnet mask
A 32-bit number to specify which part of an internet address is the
network number, and which part is the host address. When written in
binary notation, each bit written as 1 corresponds to 1 bit of network
address information. One subnet mask applies to all IP devices on an
individual IP network.
RS-232
EIA standard specifying the physical layer interface used to connect a
device to communications media.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol - A widely implemented
Internet network management protocol that allows status monitoring,
getting/setting of parameters for configuration and control of
network devices, such as routers and bridges.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - An open network
standard that defines how devices from different manufacturers
communicate with each other over one or more interconnected
networks. TCP/IP protocols are the foundation of the Internet, a
worldwide network of networks connecting businesses, governments,