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| Fiberoptic implementation of ethernet that runs at 100 megabits per second. It uses baseband signaling. Maximum length of the cable is 400 meters. Sometimes written as 100BASE-fx or 100BaseFX |
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| The wireless standard in general use today: it operates in the frequency range of 24 GHz and offer throughput of up to 54Mbps. |
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| Each wireless in this network is in direct contact with every other node in a decentralized free-for-all. Similar to mesh topologies. |
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| Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) |
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| A network technology that runs at speeds between 25 and 622Mbs using fiber-optic cabling or CAT 5 UTP |
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| A radio frequency standard that creates a small wireless network between PC's and peripheral devices. |
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| Connection-oriented protocol |
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| A protocol that establishes a connection between two host before transmitting data and verifies receipts before closing the connection between host. |
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| The process of determining which NICS use which protocols for which transactions. Every protocol installed on the system must be bound to one or more NICS and every NIC must be bound to one protocol. |
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| An address that is required when a client needs to communicate outside of its own subnet. A router or another server. |
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| Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDDI |
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| A standard of transmitting data on optical fiber cables at a rate of around 100 million BPS. |
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| Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) |
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| A Spread spectrum broadcasting method defined in the 802.11 standard that sends data on one frequency at a time, constantly shifting frequencies. |
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| FTP File transfer Protocol |
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| A protocol designed primarily for transferring data across a network. FTP denotes both a protocol and a utility used for this purpose. |
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| ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol |
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| Enables systems on a TCP/IP network to share status and error information. Two of the most common uses of ICMP messages are ping and tracert. |
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| The command-line based Windows NT utility used to display the current TCP/IP configuration on the local computer and to modify the DHCP addresses assigned to each interface |
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| Protocol that is primarily used by Novell Netwear networks, but which can be used by other networks(such as Microsoft networks) as a routable protocol or connect to novell networks |
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| ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network |
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| Connections that take place over digital lines and provide faster and more reliable connectivity. The primary of ISDN are its speed and reliability. ISDN is commonly found in two speeds 64 kps and 128 Kbps. |
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| A special test often included in diagonostic software that sends data out of the NIC and checks to see if it comes back. |
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| Multistation access Unit MAU |
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| The central hub in a token ring LAN. |
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| A transport Layer driver that is the extended User interface to NETBIOS windows NT and other operating systems use it to deliver information across a network. NetBEUI cannot be routed. |
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| A utility for relating protocol statistics and current active connections utilizing TCP/IP |
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| POP3 (Post Office Protocol) |
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| Designed to overcome the problem encountered with SMTP, in which workstations were not confined to permanent terminal-based connections to a mainframe. A POP3 mail server holds the mail in a mail-drop until the workstation is ready to receive the mail. |
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| A 32 bit identification string, sometimes called a network name, thats inserted into the header of each data packet processed by a wireless access point. |
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| Protocol used to send and receive mail over the internet. |
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| Ports numbered 0 to 1024 that used primarily by client applications to talk to server aplications in TCP/IP networks. |
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| Wireless Access Point WAP |
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| Connects wireless network nodes to wireless or wired networks. Many are combination devices that act as high speed hubs, switch, bridges and routers all rolled into one. |
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| The most widely adopted wireless networking type in use today. |
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