User's Manual

Prestige 100L IDSL Router
GlossaryF
LATA (Local Access and Transport Area): A geographic territory used primarily by local
telephone companies to determine charges for intrastate calls. As a result of the Bell
divestiture, switched calls that both begin and end at points within the LATA
(intraLATA) are generally the sole responsibility of the local telephone company,
while calls that cross outside the LATA (interLATA) are passed on to an Inter
eXchange Carrier (IXC).
LEC (Local Exchange Carrier): The local phone companies - either a Regional Bell
Operating Company (RBOC) or an independent phone company (e.g. GTE) - that
provide local transmission services.
Linux A version of the UNIX operating system designed to run on IBM Compatible
computers.
Logic Bomb A virus that only activates itself when certain conditions are met. Logic bombs usually
damage files or cause other serious problems when they are activated.
Loop
Qualification
This is a test done by the phone company to make sure the customer is within the
maximum distance of 18,000 feet from the central office that services that customer.
Note however that ISDN service "could" be available at a longer distance than that
with a mid-span repeater.
MAC
On a local area network (LAN) or other network, the MAC (Media Access Control)
address is your computer's unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it is the
same as your Ethernet address.) The MAC layer frames data for transmission over
the network, then passes the frame to the physical layer interface where it is
transmitted as a stream of bits.
Master/Slave Refers to the architecture in which one device (the master) controls one or more
other devices (the slaves).
Mid Span
Repeater
A device that amplifies the signal coming or going to the central office. This device is
necessary for ISDN service if you are outside the 18,000 feet distance requirement
from the central office.
Name
Resolution
The allocation of an IP address to a host name. See DNS.
NAT
Network Address Translation is the translation of an Internet Protocol address used
within one network to a different IP address known within another network – see also
SUA.
NDIS
Network Driver Interface Specification is a Windows specification for how
communication protocol programs (such as TCP/IP) and network device drivers
should communicate with each other.
NetBIOS Network Basic Input / Output System. NetBIOS is an extension of the DOS BIOS that
enables a PC to connect to and communicate with a LAN.
Network
Any time you connect 2 or more computers together so that they can share
resources, you have a computer network. Connect 2 or more networks together and
you have an internet.
NI1
(National ISDN 1): A specification for a "standard" ISDN phone line. The goal is for
National ISDN 1 to become a set of standards that every manufacturer can conform
to. For example, ISDN phones that conform to the National ISDN 1 standard works,
regardless of the central office the customer is connected to. NOTE: Future