TRENDnet TV-IP312 User Manual page 108

PPPoE
Protocol
R
RJ-45
Router
RTP
reply. It is primarily used to troubleshoot Internet
connections.
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. PPPoE is a
specification for connecting the users on an Ethernet to
the Internet through a common broadband medium,
such as DSL or cable modem. All the users over the
Ethernet share a common connection.
Communication on the network is governed by sets of
rules called protocols. Protocols provide the guidelines
devices use to communicate with each other, and thus
they have different functions. Some protocols are
responsible for formatting and presenting and presenting
data that will be transferred from file server memory to
the file server's net work adapter Others are responsible
for filtering information between networks and
forwarding data to its destination. Still other protocols
dictate how data is transferred across the medium, and
how servers respond to workstation requests and vice
versa. Common network protocols responsible for the
presentation and formatting of data for a network
operating system are the Internetwork Packet Exchange
(IPX) protocol or the Internet Protocol (IP). Protocols that
dictate the format of data for transferors the medium
include token-passing and Carrier Sense Multiple Access
with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD), implemented as
token-ring, ARCNET, FDDI, or Ethernet. The Router
Information Protocol (RIP),a part of the Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite, forwards
packets from one network to another using the same
network protocol.
RJ-45 connector is used for Ethernet cable connections.
A router is the network software or hardware entity
charged with routing packets between networks.
RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) is a data transfer
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