Cabletron Systems CSX100 series User Manual - Important Terminology
RouterCo
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Chapter 4. Router Configuration
Planning for Router Configuration
This section describes configuration terminology and the information that you
need to collect before configuring the router.
Important Terminology
You should familiarize yourself with the following terminology, as it will be
used throughout the configuration process. The diagram illustrates these key
words/concepts.
Target router: Router that you are configuring. Also referred to as local
router.
Remote routers: All the routers to which the target (local) router may
connect.
Remote router database: Database which resides in the target router and
contains information about the remote routers to which the target router may
connect.
Remote router entry: Entry about a remote router in the target router
database. A remote router entry defines:
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Connection parameters
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Security features
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Route addressing and bridging functions
The following diagram illustrates these key words and concepts.