Digital Equipment Digital NetRider, Owner'S Manual

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Glossary-14
remote print queue
A queue on a service node. The queue holds connection requests made from the service
node requesting use of a printer (remote printer) on a access server. See
host-initiated
request
.
Request To Send
See
RTS
.
retransmit limit
The number of times a LAT virtual circuit message is retransmitted to a service node
without an acknowledgment message.
root name server
A
name serve
r that is at the top level in a domain.
RTS
Request To Send. A signal sent by the access server to the port device to indicate that
the access server is ready to exchange control signals or data.
secure port
A port set up so that the port user only has access to a limited subset of the
nonprivileged user command set.
secure status
A restrictive status that can be imposed on a
port
to limit the execution of commands
on that port to a subset of the nonprivileged command set.
server
A hardware and/or software device which provides many users with access to a
system.
service
A network resource offered by a LAT or Internet host.
service circuit-ID
A
load host
characteristic that identifies which load host Ethernet controller is used to
access a specific access server for maintenance functions.
service node
A LAT node that provides a
service
on the LAN. The access server can be a service
node.