Glossary

congestion

A condition where a portion of the network is overloaded with more data than can be transmitted in the desired time period.

CSMA/CD (carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection)

A channel access (contention) method that requires each station to wait for an idle channel before transmitting. In addition, stations are able to detect overlapping transmissions (collisions) and retransmit in the event of a data collision.

data link layer

Layer 2 in the OSI model. Defines frame construction, addressing, error detection, and other services to higher layers.

datagram

Abbreviated and connectionless single-packet message sent from one station to another.

data rate (or speed)

The maximum number of bits of information that can be transmitted per second.

downstream

Refers to the relative position of a station in a network to another station in the same network. A station is downstream from another station if it receives data after the other station receives data.

dynamic address

An address “learned” by the ELS100-16TX, as opposed to addresses that are manually entered into the Bridge Address Table. The ELS100-16TX “learns” addresses by reading them from the data packets it processes.

EIA (Electronic Industries Association)

Organization that sets standards for electrical interfaces (connectors).

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Cabletron Systems 100 manual Congestion, Data link layer, Datagram, Data rate or speed, Downstream, Dynamic address