User`s guide

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Glossary
protocols, POP3 or IMAP, that let the user save messages in a server mailbox and
download them periodically from the server.
SMTP usually is implemented to operate over Internet port 25. An alternative to SMTP
that is widely used in Europe is X.400. Many mail servers now support Extended
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP), which allows multimedia files to be delivered
as e-mail.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
A protocol for managing and monitoring network devices. The SNMP architecture
enables a network administrator to manage nodes--servers, workstations, routers,
switches, hubs, etc.--on an IP network; manage network performance, find and solve
network problems, and plan for network growth. Digi devices support SNMP Version
1.
SNMP
See Simple Network Management Protocol.
SMTP
See Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SSL
See Secure Sockets Layer.
static IP address assignment
The process of assigning a specific IP address to a device. Contrast with assigning a
device through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), or Automatic Private IP
Addressing (APIPA or Auto-IP).
TCP
See Transmission Control Protocol.
Telnet
A user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers.
On the Web, HTTP and FTP protocols allow you to request specific files from remote
computers, but not to actually be logged on as a user of that computer. With Telnet, you
log on as a regular user with whatever privileges you may have been granted to the
specific application and data on that computer.
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
Part of the IEEE 802.11i encryption standard for wireless LANs. TKIP is the next
generation of the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), which is used to secure 802.11