Appendices C
Destination Address
The address of the station receiving a frame.
DNS
Domain Name Services provides a mechanism that allows users to remember logical machine names rather than IP addresses. DNS provides mapping between a machine name (e.g., www.fluke.com) and its IP address (e.g., xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
EIA568
Electronic Industries Association Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard. Specifies maximum cable lengths, installation practices, and performance specifications for generic building wiring.
Encapsulation
Encapsulation is the method of placing one protocol into another protocol’s format. For example, in a Novell Ethernet environment there are four different methods to encapsulate IPX in Ethernet/802.3 frames: 802.3 raw, 802.2, Ethernet II, and SNAP.
Ethernet
Ethernet is a 10 Mbps topology that runs over thick coax, thin coax,
EtherTalk
EtherTalk is the AppleTalk network protocol running over the Ethernet network transport.
Fast Ethernet
Industry standard terminology for
FCS (Frame Check Sequence)
A field transmitted in LAN frames that encodes error checking information.
Frame
A frame is a unit of data transmission divided into groups of bits. The header and a check sequence form the frame.