NETGEAR RT338 Reference Manual page 220

Reference Guide for the Model RT338 ISDN Router
PPP
PSTN
Password
Authentication
Protocol
Plain Old Telephone
Service
Point-to-Point
Protocol
RFC
RIP
Routing Information
Protocol
S/T Interface
Service Profile
Identifier
SPID
subnet mask
U Interface
unnumbered links
WAN
wide area network
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See Point-to-Point Protocol.
Public Switched Telephone Network.
PAP. A method of enabling security on PPP links. When the link is
established, a password is sent by the caller. See Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol.
POTS. The standard analog phone system.
PPP. A protocol allowing a computer using TCP/IP to connect directly to the
Internet.
Request For Comment. Refers to documents published by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposing standard protocols and procedures
for the Internet.
See Routing Information Protocol.
RIP. A protocol in which routers periodically exchange information with one
another so that they can determine minimum distance paths between sources
and destinations.
The four-wire ISDN interface or reference point at the user or local side of
the NT1. See also U interface.
SPID. A number assigned by the telephone company to an attached device,
used to identify the characteristics of that device.
See Service Profile Identifier.
See netmask.
The two-wire ISDN interface or reference point at the telephone company
side of the NT1. See also S/T interface.
See numbered links.
See wide area network.
WAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local
area networks.
Glossary