Juniper Networks Field Guide and Reference

Adjacent system reachable by traversing a single subnetwork. An immediately adjacent router. Also called a peer.

Network entity title. Network address defined by the ISO network architecture and used in CLNS-based networks.

An OSPF link-state advertisement flooded throughout a single area by designated routers to describe all routers attached to the network.

Network Information Center. Internet authority responsible for assigning Internet- related numbers, such as IP addresses and autonomous system numbers .

Network layer reachability information. Information that is carried in BGP packets and is used by MBGP.

In a BGP route reflection, a BGP peer that is not a member of a cluster.

Network service access point. Connection to a network that is identified by a network address.

Last byte of a nonclient peer address.

Not-so-stubby area. In OSPF, a type of stub area in which external routes can be flooded.

Network Time Protocol. Protocol used to synchronize computer clock times on a network.