| Glossary |
| Local Area Network (LAN) |
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Local Area Network | A short distance data communications network (typically within a building or campus) |
(LAN) | used to link together computers and peripheral devices under some form of standard |
| control. |
Line Build Out (LBO) | T1s require the last span to lose 15 - 22.5 dB, a selectable output attenuation is generally |
| required of DTE equipment. |
Line Coding Violation | This parameter is a count of both BPVs and EXZs occurring over the accumulation period. |
(LCV) | An EXZ increments the LCV by one regardless of the length of the zero string. |
Line Errored Seconds | A Line Errored Second is a second in which one or more CVs occurred OR one or more |
(LES) | LOS defects. |
Local Link Control | A protocol developed by the IEEE 802.2 committee for |
(LLC) |
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Local Management | A specification for the use of |
Interface | status information between devices such as routers |
loop start (LS) | A method of demanding dial tone from the central office by completing an electrical |
| pathway between the outbound and return conductors of a telephone line. Loop start is |
| employed by |
loopback | A diagnostic test in which a signal is transmitted across a medium while the sending device |
| waits for its return. |
MAC Address | The address for a device as it is identified at the Media Access Control layer in the network |
| architecture |
Management | A data base of objects, with attributes and values, representing the manageable components |
Information Base (MIB) | of a network device. Used in SNMP. There are industry standardized MIBs and proprietary |
| MIBs |
mapping | In network operations, the logical association of one set of values, such as addresses on one |
| network, with quantities or values of another set, such as devices on another network. |
Media Access Control | The lower of the two |
(MAC) | layer handles access to shared media, such as whether token passing or contention will be |
| used. The MAC contains the standardized data link layer address that is required for every |
| port or device that connects to a LAN. Other devices in the network use these addresses to |
| locate specific ports in the network and to create and update routing tables and data |
| structures. MAC addresses are 6 bytes long and are controlled by the IEEE. |
Media Gateway Control | MGCP. A control and signal standard for the conversion of audio signals carried on |
Protocol (MGCP) | telephone circuits (PSTN) to data packets carried over the Internet or other packet |
| networks. |
Microsoft CHAP | Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
| version of CHAP and is an extension to RFC 1994. Like the standard version of CHAP, |
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| using Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 95 and a Cisco router or access server |
| acting as a network access server (NAS). |
Adit 3104 - Release 1.6 |