Digi X2 User Manual

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enables a network administrator to manage nodes--servers, workstations, routers,

switches, hubs, etc.--on an IP network; manage network performance, find and solve

network problems, and plan for network growth. Digi devices support SNMP Version

1.

SNMP

See Simple Network Management Protocol.

SMTP

See Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

SSL

See Secure Sockets Layer.

static IP address assignment

The process of assigning a specific IP address to a device. Contrast with assigning a

device through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), or Automatic Private IP

Addressing (APIPA or Auto-IP).

TCP

See Transmission Control Protocol.

Telnet

A user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers.

On the web, HTTP and FTP protocols allow you to request specific files from remote

computers, but not to actually be logged on as a user of that computer. With Telnet, you

log on as a regular user with whatever privileges you may have been granted to the

specific application and data on that computer.

TFTP

See Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).

TLS

See Transport Layer Security.

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