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Glossary

Frame Relay: A high-speed WAN link that uses point-to-point virtual circuits. A virtual circuit is a logical connection between two sites.; A Frame Relay network consists of a backbone, made up of FR switches, that provides the service. Typically, a public Frame Relay supplier offers the Frame Relay service. The router acts as the device that connects your LANs to the Frame Relay WAN.
IP (Internet Protocol): A set of protocols that enables interconnected networks to function as a single system. This protocol defines the IP datagram as the unit of information passed across an internet. It provides the basis for connectionless, best-effort packet delivery service, with no guarantee that the packet reaches its destination; reliability is left to a transport protocol, such as TCP.
IPX (Internet Packet Exchange): A Novell NetWare protocol that transfers information between networks connected by physical media.
LAN (Local Area Network): Any physical network technology that operates at high speed over short distances. For example, Ethernet.
RIP (Routing Information Protocol): A protocol that allows routers to exchange information about destinations for computing routes throughout the network. Does not alter IP packets and routes them based on destination address only.
static route: A route that is defined (that is, manually entered) by you in a routing table.
subnet mask: An address mask that specifies which parts of an IP address identify a network and which parts identify a host. Subnet masks allow a site with multiple physical LAN segments to use a single IP network number.
WAN (Wide Area Network): Any physical network technology that spans large geographic distances. For example, the Internet.

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