User guide

March 2005 Glossary
Through Software Release 6.1
Page 420 of 425 Issue 1
Canopy System User Guide
outnucastpkts count
Field
How many packets for which the higher-level protocols requested
transmission to a non-unicast (subnetwork-broadcast or subnetwork-
multicast) address. The number includes those that were discarded or
not sent.
outoctets count Field
How many octets were transmitted out of the interface, including those
that deliver framing information.
outucastpkts count
Field
How many packets for which the higher-level protocols requested
transmission to a subnetwork-unicast address. The number includes
those that were discarded or not sent.
Override Plug
Device that enables the operator to regain control of a module that has
been locked by the No Remote Access feature, the 802.3 Link Disable
feature, or a password or IP address that cannot be recalled. This
device can be either fabricated on site or ordered.
Pentium
A registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
php-mysql
Package group that enables the Web Server application in the
Red Hat
®
Linux
®
9 operating system to provide data from the SQL
Database Server application as PHP in the Bandwidth and
Authentication Manager (BAM) GUI.
Point-to-Point Protocol
Standards that RFC 1661 defines for data transmittal on the Internet.
Also known as PPP or PTP. See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1661.html
.
Power Control
Feature in Release 4.1 and later releases that allows the module to
operate at less than 18 dB less than full power to reduce self-
interference.
Protective Earth
Connection to earth (which has a charge of 0 volts). Also known as
ground.
Proxy Server
Network computer that isolates another from the Internet. The proxy
server communicates for the other computer, and sends replies to only
the appropriate computer, which has an IP address that is not unique
or not registered.
PTMP
Point-to-Multipoint Protocol defined in RFC 2178, which specifies that
data that originates from a central network element can be received by
all other network elements, but data that originates from a non-central
network element can be received by only the central network element.
See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2178.html
.
PTP
Point-to-Point Protocol. The standards that RFC 1661 defines for data
transmittal on the Internet. See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1661.html
.