Netopia 435 Reference Manual page 264

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seed router: A router that provides network number and zone
information to any router that starts up on the same network. See
also hard seeding , non-seeding, seeding, and soft seeding .
serial port: A connector on the back of the workstation through
which data flows to and from a serial device.
server: A device or system that has been specifically configured to
provide a service, usually to a group of clients.
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol): A protocol used
for communication between management consoles and network
devices. The Netopia ISDN Router can be managed through SNMP.
soft seeding: A router setting. In soft seeding, if a router that has
just been reset detects a network number or zone name conflict
between its configured information for a particular port and the
information provided by another router connected to that port, it
updates its configuration using the information provided by the other
router. See also hard seeding , non-seeding, seeding, and seed
router .
S/T interface: The interface on local ISDN equipment where the
connection to an NT1 or a properly terminated ISDN line is made.
The Netopia ISDN Router models 440-S/T and 430-S/T have S/T
interfaces. See also NT1 , U interface .
subnet: A network address created by using a subnet mask to
specify that a number of bits in an internet address will be used as
a subnet number rather than a host address.
subnet mask: A 32-bit number to specify which part of an internet
address is the network number, and which part is the host address.
When written in binary notation, each bit written as 1 corresponds
to 1 bit of network address information. One subnet mask applies
to all IP devices on an individual IP network.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol): An
open network standard that defines how devices from different
manufacturers communicate with each other over one or more
interconnected networks. TCP/IP protocols are the foundation of the
Internet, a worldwide network of networks connecting businesses,
governments, researchers, and educators.