Index

Numerics

100BASE-FX2-3100BASE-TX2-3

A

Active circuitry 2-6

APIM 4-5

Assistance 1-3

B

Backbones collapsed 5-19 definition 5-17 device 5-20 distributed 5-18 Fast Ethernet 7-9 selection 5-21

Bandwidth 2-2 Bridge 3-2

BRIM 3-7,4-8,4-8 to 4-10

C

Chapter summaries 1-2 Collapsed backbone 5-19 Concentrator 3-2 CSMA/CD 2-2 Customer Support 1-3

D

Device backbone 5-20 Distributed backbone 5-18 Document conventions 1-3 Document organization 1-2

E

EPIM 4-3 Ethernet 2-2,6-1

cable lengths 2-2high-end department 6-19 home office 6-5

remote office 6-16 shared devices 6-2 signal path 2-3 small office 6-11 station count 2-3 switched devices 6-4

Expansion (of networks) 5-15

F

Fast Ethernet 2-3,7-1100BASE-FX2-3100BASE-TX2-3 buffered uplink 2-4 cable length 2-4high-end department 7-6 network radius 2-4 repeater classes 2-3 shared devices 7-1 small office 7-3 station count 2-5 switched devices 7-2

Fast Ethernet Interface Modules 4-3 FPIM 4-4

Frontier 3-6

G

Geographical proximity 5-3

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