User Manual for the NETGEAR 7200 Series Layer 2 Managed Switch Software
The IEEE specification for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet over Category 5
The IEEE specification for 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet over
1000BASE-T
The IEEE specification for 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet over Category 5
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Aging
When an entry for a node is added to the lookup table of a switch, it is given a timestamp. Each time a packet is received from a node, the timestamp is updated. The switch has a
Auto-negotiation
A feature that allows
Auto Uplink
Auto UplinkTM technology (also called MDI/MDIX) eliminates the need to worry about crossover vs.
AVL tree
Binary tree having the property that for any node in the tree, the difference in height between the left and right subtrees of that node is no more than 1.
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BPDU
See “Bridge Protocol Data Unit” on page 3.
Bandwidth
The information capacity, measured in bits per second, that a channel could transmit. Bandwidth examples include 10 Mbps for Ethernet, 100 Mbps for Fast Ethernet, and 1000 Mbps (I Gbps) for Gigabit Ethernet.
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