LANs Explained: A Guide to Local Area Networks |
Contents
Contents | 9 |
Categories of local area networks | 20 |
IEEE 802 3 CSMACD Ethernet | 27 |
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Common terms and phrases
access control active monitor analogue signals applications ARCNET attached bandwidth baseband baseband LAN bits bridge broadband network bytes called carrier burst channel Chapter circuit coaxial cable collision communications connectionless CSMA/CD data frame data rate datagram defined detect devices digital signals disc division multiplexing equipment Ethernet example FDDI fibre optic fibre optic cable file server filestore frequency gateway headend header IBM's IEEE implement installation interface ISO model ISO protocols Kbit/s local area networks mainframe manufacturers Mbit/s medium MS-DOS NETBIOS network layer network management node Open Systems Interconnection operating organisations PABX packet switch PC-Network physical polling ports priority problem Programming receiver remote round the ring segment sequence shown in Fig slot specification standards synchronous Technical Note technique terminal token bus token passing token ring topology transceiver transmission transmit twisted pair types wide area network wiring