Digi X2 User Manual

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Routers can route data packets to/from other nodes

Can be a data packet source and destination

Are mains-powered

RSH

See remote shell.

RSSI

Relative Signal Strength Indicator.

RTS

Ready to Send.

RXD

Receiving Data.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

A commonly-used protocol for managing the security of a message transmission on the

Internet. SSL has recently been succeeded by Transport Layer Security (TLS), which is

based on SSL.

serial bridge

A connection between two serial devices over a network that acts as if they were

connected over a serial cable. Also known as serial tunneling.

serial tunneling

See serial bridge.

Setup Wizard

See Digi Device Setup Wizard.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

A TCP/IP protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail. Since it is limited in its ability

to queue messages at the receiving end, it is usually used with one of two other

protocols, POP3 or IMAP, that let the user save messages in a server mailbox and

download them periodically from the server. SMTP usually is implemented to operate

over Internet port 25. An alternative to SMTP that is widely used in Europe is X.400.

Many mail servers now support Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP),

which allows multimedia files to be delivered as e-mail.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

A protocol for managing and monitoring network devices. The SNMP architecture

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