Planet Technology ADE4400v2 User Manual

Telnet 

The virtual terminal protocol in the Internet suite of protocols - Allows users of one 

host to log into a remote host and act as normal terminal users of that host. 

 

Transparent bridging 

The intelligence necessary to make relaying decisions exists in the bridge itself and is 

thus transparent to the communicating workstations. It involves frame forwarding, 

learning workstation addresses, and ensuring no topology loops exist (in conjunction 

with the Spanning-Tree algorithm). 

 

UDP 

User Datagram Protocol - A connectionless transport protocol that runs on top of 

TCP/IP's IP. UDP, like TCP, uses IP for delivery; however, unlike TCP, UDP 

provides for exchange of datagram without acknowledgments or guaranteed delivery. 

Best suited for small, independent requests, such as requesting a MIB value from an 

SNMP agent, in which first setting up a connection would take more time than 

sending the data. 

 

UNI signaling 

User Network Interface signaling for ATM communications. 

 

Virtual Connection (VC) 

A link that seems and behaves like a dedicated point-to-point line or a system that 

delivers packets in sequence, as happens on an actual point-to-point network. In 

reality, the data is delivered across a network via the most appropriate route. The 

sending and receiving devices do not have to be aware of the options and the route is 

chosen only when a message is sent. There is no pre-arrangement, so each virtual 

connection exists only for the duration of that one transmission. 

 

WAN 

Wide area network - A data communications network that spans any distance and is 

usually provided by a public carrier (such as a telephone company or service 

provider).  

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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