SFP is a hot-swappable transceiver form factor that lets a switch or network card port use fiber or copper links, typically at…
SFP+ is the enhanced small form-factor pluggable slot and module standard that carries 10 Gbit/s Ethernet over fiber or copper in network…
SLAAC is the IPv6 method in which hosts build their own global addresses from router advertisements, without needing a DHCP server.
SNMP is the standard protocol for polling and receiving status data from network devices, used in network monitoring to track interfaces, load…
A socket is the operating system endpoint that binds an application to a transport protocol, an IP address and a port number…
Spanning Tree Protocol is a Layer 2 switching protocol that blocks redundant Ethernet links to prevent loops while keeping backup paths ready…
An SSID (service set identifier) is the name of a Wi-Fi network, up to 32 bytes long, that access points advertise and…
A static IP address is an IP address assigned permanently to a device or interface, configured manually or reserved so that it…
A static route is a routing table entry that an administrator configures manually, telling a router which next hop or interface reaches…
A sticky session is a load balancing method that sends every request from the same client to the same backend server for…
A subnet mask is a 32-bit value that splits an IPv4 address into network and host parts, defining which addresses a device…