Reference Guide for the Model RH340 Internet Access ISDN Router
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Glossary
RFC
Request For Comment. Refers to documents published by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposing standard protocols and procedures
for the Internet.
RIP
See Routing Information Protocol.
Routing Information
Protocol
A protocol in which routers periodically exchange information with one
another so that they can determine minimum distance paths between sources
and destinations.
Service Profile
Identifier
A number assigned by the telephone company to an attached device, used to
identify the characteristics of that device.
SPID
See Service Profile Identifier.
subnet mask
See netmask.
U Interface
The two-wire ISDN interface or reference point at the telephone company
side of the NT1.
WAN
See wide area network.
wide area network
A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area
networks.
