SOYO AVRO3002 Ethernet Router Manual
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Router
A device used to interconnect networks over local or wide areas and
provide traffic control and filtering functions.
Routing
Routing forwards incoming IP packets using statically defined routes or
a dynamic routing protocol such as RIP 2.
Routing Information Protocol
(RIP)
A protocol that specifies how routers exchange routing table
information.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, it’s the protocol that you use to send
e-mail via your ISP. It is used with both POP3 and IMAP4.
Splitter
A hardware device used in G.dmt to split the data and voice traffic before
passing it on to the network and phone system.
Static IP
An IP address which is the same every time you log on to the Internet.
SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection)
Also referred to as dynamic packet filtering. Stateful inspection is a firewall
architecture that works at the network layer. Stateful packet inspection
tracks each connection traversing all interfaces of the firewall and makes
sure they are valid.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Protocol suite that includes TCP as the primary transport protocol, and
IPas the network layer protocol.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
The global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide
Web. The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use, and the
second part specifies the IP address or the domain name where the
resource is located.
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
Universal Plug and Play is an architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer
network connectivity of intelligent appliances, wireless devices, and PCs of
all form factors. Designed to bring flexible, standards-based connectivity to
