Difference between revisions of "CTWUG Glossary"
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| + | :Cape Town Wireless User Group as defined by the [[Constitution]]. | ||
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| + | ;Wugger | ||
| + | :A CTWUG member as defined by the [[Constitution]]. | ||
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;CTWUG owned high site | ;CTWUG owned high site | ||
:A high site whose network equipment is entirely owned by CTWUG, and whose building owner has a working relationship with CTWUG granting access to the premises. | :A high site whose network equipment is entirely owned by CTWUG, and whose building owner has a working relationship with CTWUG granting access to the premises. | ||
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:A high site whose network equipment is partly or entirely owned by a private entity other than CTWUG. | :A high site whose network equipment is partly or entirely owned by a private entity other than CTWUG. | ||
| − | ; | + | ;Area high site |
| − | :A high site | + | :A high site where 100% of traffic is either originated or terminated by the area in question. |
;Peer high site | ;Peer high site | ||
| − | :A high site | + | :A high site directly connected to another high site by way of a Point-to-Point link. |
;Point-to-Point link | ;Point-to-Point link | ||
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;Point-to-Multipoint link | ;Point-to-Multipoint link | ||
:A network connection between 3 or more network devices, all sharing a single broadcast domain. | :A network connection between 3 or more network devices, all sharing a single broadcast domain. | ||
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| + | ;Backbone high site | ||
| + | :A high site with 1 or more backbone links to other Backbone high sites. | ||
;Backbone link | ;Backbone link | ||
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;Temporary down time | ;Temporary down time | ||
| − | :A period of service disruption lasting | + | :A period of service disruption lasting between 10 minutes and 12 hours. |
;Long-term down time | ;Long-term down time | ||
:A period of service disruption lasting more than 12 hours. | :A period of service disruption lasting more than 12 hours. | ||
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| + | ;Forward-confirmed reverse DNS | ||
| + | :An IP address that can be resolved to a DNS name, and whose resulting DNS name resolves to the original IP address. | ||
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| + | ;IP address allocation | ||
| + | :The act of reserving and recording the intended use of an IP address block. | ||
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| + | ;IP address assignment | ||
| + | :The act of marking active an IP address block, as in the case of assigning a Wugger IP addresses for use on his LAN. | ||
Latest revision as of 23:36, 28 March 2013
- CTWUG
- Cape Town Wireless User Group as defined by the Constitution.
- Wugger
- A CTWUG member as defined by the Constitution.
- CTWUG owned high site
- A high site whose network equipment is entirely owned by CTWUG, and whose building owner has a working relationship with CTWUG granting access to the premises.
- Private high site
- A high site whose network equipment is partly or entirely owned by a private entity other than CTWUG.
- Area high site
- A high site where 100% of traffic is either originated or terminated by the area in question.
- Peer high site
- A high site directly connected to another high site by way of a Point-to-Point link.
- Point-to-Point link
- A network connection between only 2 network devices.
- Point-to-Multipoint link
- A network connection between 3 or more network devices, all sharing a single broadcast domain.
- Backbone high site
- A high site with 1 or more backbone links to other Backbone high sites.
- Backbone link
- A Point-to-Point link between transit routers.
- Transit router
- A router with one or more network interfaces carrying traffic with IP addresses both originated and terminated by high sites other than that which hosts the router in question.
- Temporary down time
- A period of service disruption lasting between 10 minutes and 12 hours.
- Long-term down time
- A period of service disruption lasting more than 12 hours.
- Forward-confirmed reverse DNS
- An IP address that can be resolved to a DNS name, and whose resulting DNS name resolves to the original IP address.
- IP address allocation
- The act of reserving and recording the intended use of an IP address block.
- IP address assignment
- The act of marking active an IP address block, as in the case of assigning a Wugger IP addresses for use on his LAN.
