
Communications with a network device using | |
| some medium other than the network itself. |
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Packet | An addressed segment of data transmitted on a |
| network. |
Preamble | Data bits at the beginning of each block of data, |
| used for synchronization. |
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Repeater | LAN signal regenerator. An Ethernet hub is a |
| type of repeater. |
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Segment | Part of an Ethernet or other network on which all |
| traffic is common to all nodes. See ollision |
| Domain.” |
SNMP | The Simple Network Management Protocol; an |
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| toring and controlling network devices from a |
| Network Management System (NMS). SNMP re- |
| quests are usually transmitted using TCP/IP, |
| though other means are possible. |
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TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol; |
| a suite of transport and network layer communi- |
| cations protocols. |
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