Difference between revisions of "CTWUG Glossary"
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| + | 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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| + | ===Backbone high site=== | ||
| + | A high site with 1 or more backbone links to other Backbone high sites. | ||
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| + | ===Peer high site=== | ||
| + | A high site where 100% of traffic is either originated or terminated by the peer in question. | ||
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===Point-to-Point link=== | ===Point-to-Point link=== | ||
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===Transit router=== | ===Transit router=== | ||
| − | A router with one or more network interfaces carrying traffic with IP addresses originated and terminated by | + | 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=== | ===Temporary down time=== | ||
Revision as of 18:40, 20 February 2013
Contents
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.
Backbone high site
A high site with 1 or more backbone links to other Backbone high sites.
Peer high site
A high site where 100% of traffic is either originated or terminated by the peer in question.
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 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 no more than 12 hours.
Long-term down time
A period of service disruption lasting more than 12 hours.
