Glossary
Glossary
- AP: Wireless Access Point; a device that connects wireless devices
- BSSID: Basic Service Set Identifier; the MAC address of an AP
- Clearview vanity name: an alias given to a link
- CLI: Command Line Interface; a user interface which involves typing commands at a shell prompt
- data-link: the means used to connect two different locations. A data-link can be based on a single network device or an aggregation of devices to send data to and receive data from a network.
- DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol; RFC 2131, RFC 3315; used to provide configuration parameters to IP hosts
- DNS: Domain Name System; RFC 1034, RFC 1035; allows for mapping names to IP address and for storing information about mail exchanges
- ESSID: Extended Service Set Identifier; the network name of an AP
- FIB: Forwarding Information Base; the table containing the information necessary to forward IP datagrams
- FMA: Solaris Fault Management Architecture
- GUI: Graphical User Interface; a user interface which is displayed on a graphical device
- IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force; an international community concerned with the evolution and operation of the Internet
- ifconfig: ifconfig(1M) is the base command line tool for configuring network interface parameters
- IP: Internet Protocol; RFC 791; the Layer 3 protocol used as the basis for most networking on the Internet
- IP Multipathing: provides for IP (Layer 3) redundancy and bonding
- IPC: Inter-Process Communication
- IPMP: IP Multipathing
- IPsec: IP security set of protocols
- LAN: Local Area Network; a network constrained to a small geographical area not involving the use of leased lines
- Layer 2: data-link layer; the layer of the networking stack corresponding to the data-link, such as Ethernet, responsible for hop-to-hop packet delivery
- Layer 3: network layer; the layer of the networking stack just above the data-link, often corresponding to having an IP address, responsible for end-to-end packet delivery
- LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; RFC 3377; a protocol used to query and modify directory services
- link: see data-link
- link aggregation: provides for Ethernet (Layer 2) bonding
- MAC address: Media Access Control address; the 48-bit unique identifier for any piece of networking equipment such as a NIC or AP
- name service: a protocol used to translate names to IP addresses, protocol numbers, etc. See DNS, LDAP, NIS, NIS+.
- NCP: Network Configuration Profile; the set of link- and IP-layer configuration units which collectively specify how a system should be connected to the network
- NCU: Network Configuration Unit; the individual components of an NCP
- NIC: Network Interface Card; used to refer to the hardware which interfaces with the network
- NIS, NIS+: a client-server directory service protocol developed by Sun
- plumb: set up a stream on a device for IP
- profile: a set of triggers and attributes used by NWAM components to control how various parts of the system are configured.
- PSARC: Platform Software Architecture Review Committee; an engineering committee used at Sun to review software that is fundamental to system operation.
- punchin: an IPsec based VPN used at Sun.
- RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol; RFC 903; used to resolve an IP address from a given hardware address.
- RFC: Request For Comments; documentation series used by the IETF
- RIB: Routing Information Base; a table of the information necessary to compute routes. This can include both learned routes and routing policy.
- SMF: Service Management Facility; used by Solaris to provide support for persistently running applications called services
- tunnel: a network which uses one protocol encapsulated within another
- vanity name: see Clearview Vanity Name
- VLAN: virtual LAN; generically a LAN which is logically independent but shares a physical resource with other LANs; specifically a LAN using 802.1Q tagging
- VPN: Virtual Private Network; an overlay network (tunnel) used to extend a private network across a public (e.g. the Internet) or uncontrolled one.
- WAP: Wireless Access Point; see AP
