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physical topology   physical layout  
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bus topology   single cable that connects all the nodes on a network without intervening connectivity device  
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backbone   the part of network to which segments and significant shared devices,such as routers or switches, connect.network of networks  
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physical topology   depicts the broad scope  
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physical topology shapes   bus,star,ring,hybrid  
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bus   bus  
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node   device on a network  
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passive topology   each node listens for,then accepts,data directed at it  
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physical topology does not specify   device types,connectiviy methods,addressing schemes  
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terminators   stop signals after they have reached the end of the wire  
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signal bounce   signals on a bus network would travel endlessly between the two ends of a wire  
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terminators   halt the transmission of old signals  
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the more nodes on a bus network   the more slowly the data transmits  
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bus networks difficult to troubleshoot   identify pc at fault  
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fault tolerant   capability of a system to keep working when damage happens  
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bus networks   not fault tolerant  
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ring topology   each node is connected to the two nearest nodes to form a circle  
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ring topology   data transmmitted clockwise,one direction  
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each workstation in a ring topology   acts as a repeater  
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difference between ring and bus topology   ring is an active topology  
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active topology   all workstations make the delivery  
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ring topology   are no ends,data stops when it reaches its destination  
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star topology   every node on a network is connected thru a central device  
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router or switch   connecting device in a ring topology  
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star topology   every cable connectes two devices  
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logical network   star topologies can support a maximum of only 1024 addressable nodes  
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star topology   more fault tolerant  
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star topologies are flexible   include a centralized connection point  
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hybrid topology   combination of topologies  
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hybrid topologies   star wired ring, star wired bus  
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star wired ring topology   uses the physical layout of a star in conjunction with the ring logical topology  
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star wired bus   groups of workstations are star connected to connectivity devices and then networked via a single bus  
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logical topology   the way in which data are transmitted between nodes,not the physical layout  
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passive topolgy   uses broadcast to send  
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logical topologies   bus and ring  
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broadcast domain   logically grouped network nodes that can communicate directly  
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serial backbone   simplest kind of backbone  
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serial backbone   consists of two or more devices connected to each other by a single medium in a daisy chain  
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terminators   removes static electricity  
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terminators   50 ohm resistors  
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daisy chain   a linked series of devices  
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serial backbone networks   only so many repeating devices can be connected in a serial fashion  
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distributed backbone   more scalable and fault tolerant network  
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bus topology advantage   inexpensive and easy to set up  
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distributed backbone   a number of intermediate connectivity devices connected to one or more central connectivity devices  
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distributed backbone advantages   simple expansion  
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distributed backbone   provides network admins with the ability to segregate workgroups,manage easily  
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distributed backbone disadvantages    
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collapsed backbone   uses a router or switch as the single central connection point for multiple subnetworks  
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ring topology physical medium   twisted pair of fiber optic cabling  
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collapsed backbone   router or switch is the highest layer of the backbone  
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collapsed backbone   router or switch carries heavy traffic  
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drawback collapsed backbone   router goes down the network goes down  
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collapsed backbone   allows you to interconnect different types of subnetworks,centrally manage maintenance and troubleshoot devices  
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parallel backbone   consists of more than one connection from the central router or switch to each network segment  
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circuit switching   a connection is established between two network nodes before they begin transmitting data.  
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switching   a component of a networks logical topology that manages how packets are filtered and forwarded between nodes on the network  
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packet switching   data are broken into packets before being transported  
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multiprotocol label switching   enables any one of several layer 2 protocols to carry multiple types of layer 3 protocols  
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csma/cd   carrier sense multiple access with collision detection  
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circuit switching   bandwidth is dedicated to this connection and remains available until the users terminate the connection between two nodes  
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packet switching   packets can travel on the network to their destination because each packet contains a destination address and sequencing information  
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multiprotocol label switching   ability to use packet switched technologies over traditionally circuit switched networks  
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multiprotocol label switching   can create end to end paths that act like circuit switched connections  
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carrier sense multiple access with collision detection   network access method for use by ieee 802.3 networks  
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carrier sense multiple access with collision detection   each node waits its turn before transmitting data to avoid interfering with other nodes transmissions  
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collision   two transmissions interfere with each other  
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hubs   dumb devices,direct traffic with no thinking  
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collision domain   the way nodes respond to a collision detection  
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most popular fundamental layout   star topology  
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jamming   a station issues a thirty two bit sequence to indicate to all nodes on an ethernet segment that its previously transmitted frame has suffered a collision and should be considered faulty  
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pure bus,ring,star topologies rarely exist   too restrictive  
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star wired ring topolgy   star physical ring logical  
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carrier sense   ethernet nics listen on the network and wait until they detect or sense that other nodes are transmitting data over the signal,carrier on the communications channel before they begin to transmit  
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signal   carrier  
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multiple access   several ethernet nodes can be connected to a network and can monitor traffic,or access media simultaneously  
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csma/cd   node wants to send data it first checks to make sure the channel is free,if its busy it waits until is is free  
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ethernet   most popular network technology used on moden lans  
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ethernet   flexible technology that can run on a variety of network media  
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broadcast domain   logical division of a computer network, in which all nodes can reach each other by broadcast at the data link layer. A broadcast domain can be within the same LAN segment or it can be bridged to other LAN segments  
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ethernet   offers excellent throughput at a reasonable cost  
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logical topology   how devices appear connected to the user  
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physical topology   how they are actually interconnected with wires and cables  
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backbone networks   cabling connecting hubs, switches, routers  
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backbone networks   more throughput  
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large organizations   fiber optic backbone network  
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enterprise wide network backbones   complex difficult to plan  
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enterprise networking terms   refers to an organization,including its remote and local offices,  
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significant building block of an enterprise   backbone  
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collision domain   plays a role in the ethernet cabling distance limitations  
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collision domain   switches and routers seperate  
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repeaters   repeat the collision domain signals  
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serial backbone standards   certain number of repeating devices allowed  
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data propagation delay   length of time data take to travel from one point on the segment to another point  
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distributed backbone   connected to a heirarchial system of devices  
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ethernet frames   A data packet on an Ethernet link A frame  
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ethernet frames   ends with a 32-bit cyclic redundancy check which is used to detect any corruption of data in transit  
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ethernet frame   begins with preamble and start frame delimiter.  
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distributed backbone drawback   potential for single failure points  
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start of frame delimiter   identifies where the data begins  
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ethernet frames   contain a four byte frame check sequence  
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ethernet framing   DIX ethernet  
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ethernet II   uses a two byte field  
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ethernet II   identifies the network layer protocol,ip or arp,contained in the frame  
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ethernet II   most commonly used on contemporary ethernet networks  
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802.3af   specifies a method for supplying electrical power over ethernet connections  
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802.3af   power over ethernet  
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PoE standard specifies two types of devices   power sourcing equipment, powered devices  
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pse   refers to the device that supplies the power  
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PD   those that receive power from the pse  
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ieee physical layer standards   specify how signals are transmitted to the media  
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parallel backbone   requires duplicate connections between connectivity devices  
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10   represents maximum throughput  
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base   baseband transmission  
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t   twisted pair or medium it uses  
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5 4 3 rule   no more then five network segments connected by four repeating devices, and no more then three of the segments  
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switching   determines now connections are created between nodes  
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circuit switching   data follows same initial path selected by switch  
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circuit switching   monopolizes bandwidth while connected  
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circuit switching uses   live audio, video conferencing, traditional telephone calls  
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packet switching packets   travel any network path to destination  
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packet switching packets   find fastest circuit available at any instant  
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packet switching packets   need not follow each other  
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packet switching packets   need not arrive in sequence  
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packet switching packets   reassembled at destination  
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packet switching   most popular  
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fast ethernet   ieee 802.3u standard  
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100base-t networks   do not follow the 5 4 3 rule  
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ethernet standards for copper cable   10base-t, 100base-t, 100base-t, 10gbase-t  
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ethernet standards for fiber optic cable   100base-fx,1000base-Lx,100base-sx  
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ten gigabit fiber optic standards   10gbase-sr and 10gbase-sw, 10gbase-Lr and 10gbase-Lw, 10gbase-er and 10gbase-ew  
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mesh topology wan   a type of wan in which several sites are directly interconnected.  
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mesh topology wan   highly fault tolerant because they provide multiple routes for data to follow between any two points  
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mesh topology   network topology in which devices are connected with many redundant interconnections between network nodes. In a true mesh topology every node has a connection to every other node in the network.  
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dynamic dns    
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primary benefit of 10GBase-T   makes very fast data transmission available at a much lower cost than using fiber optic cable  
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the 100Base-FX standard uses a   star topology with its repeaters connected in a bus fashion  
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an excellent choice for long backbones   1000Base-LK because of its potential length  
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1000Base-T acheives a higher throughput   by using all four pairs of wiress to both transmit and receive signals  
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truncate data frames   shrink them  
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maximum segment length 1000Base-t network   100 meters with only one repeater allowed  
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10GBase-t segments   require Cat 6, Cat 6a, or Cat 7  
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ethernet network design with   switches and routers seperate collision domains  
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ethernet network design with   repeaters will repeat collision domain  
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100 Base-FX standard   uses baseband transmission and fiber optic cabling  
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100 Base-FX standard   requires multimode fiber  
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100 or 1000 Mbps networks   three segment maximum connected with two repeating devices  
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10 Mbps   five segment connected with four repeating devices  
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the most common 1 gigabit ethernet used   1000Base-LX  
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LX   represents long wavelength  
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jamming   indicaes to the rest of the nodes that its transmission was faulty  
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SX   represents short wavelength  
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throughput   the amount of data that a medium can transmit during a given time  
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bandwidth   a measure of the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that a medium can transmit  
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10Base-T   full duplex transmission  
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baseband   single channel ethernet  
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ethernet cable   8 wires four pairs  
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100Base-T   fast ethernet  
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100Base-T   baseband transmission and star topology  
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100Base-T   maximum length 100 meters  
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single mode fiber   fiber optic cable with a narrow core that carries light pulses along a single path data from one end of the cable to the other end.transmitted faster then multimode  
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multimode fiber   fiber optic cable that contains a core diameter between 50 and 100 microns thru which many pulses of light generated by a light emitted diode  
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modal bandwidth   measure of the highest frequency of signal a multimode fiber can support over a specific distance and is measured in mhz-km  
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1000Base-T   four pair of wires used,maximum segment length 100 meters,one repeater  
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10GBase-t   very fast data transmission,cheaper then fiber optic  
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10GBase-t   uses connect network devices,connect servers,workstations to LAN  
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maximum transmission speed of 100 meters   100Base-TX; 100Base-T;10GBase-T  
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100Base-FX   100-mbps throughput,baseband,fiber-optic cabling  
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FX   fiber optic cable  
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two strands   zip cord  
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half duplex mode on 100Base-FX   half duplex mode 412 meters,one strand receives one transmits  
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100Base-FX   one repeater maximum length  
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the higher the modal bandwidth   the longer a multimode fiber can carry a signal reliably  
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100Base-FX;1000Base-LX;1000Base-SX;10GBase-SR;10GBase-SW   use multimode fiber  
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1000Base-LX   relies on single mode or multimode fiber  
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1000Base-LX   one repeater between segments  
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maximum segment length on a 10GBase-SR or 10GBase-SW network   depends on the diameter of the fiber used and the modal bandwidth used  
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1000Base-SX   maximum segment length dependencies are: fiber diameter,modal bandwidth  
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W   reflects its unique method of coding that allows it to work over SONET WAN links  
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E   extended reach  
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10GBase-ER and 10GBase-EW   best suited for use on WANs  
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SONET   synchronous optical network  
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SONET   a higher bandwidth wan signaling technique that specifies framing and multiplexing techniques at the physical layer of the osi model  
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r   works with lan fiber connections  
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w   works with sonet fiber connections  
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10GBase-LR   WAN or MAN  
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10GBase-LW   SONET WAN links  
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carrier ethernet   marketing term for extensions to Ethernet to enable telecommunications network providers ("common carriers" in US industry jargon) to provide Ethernet services to customers and to utilize Ethernet technology in their networks  
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10GBase-EW   encoding for SONET,best suited for wan use  
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in mpls   the first router that receives a packet adds one or more labels to the Layer 3 datagram in the shim  
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multipacket label switching   offers potentially faster transmission with better quality of service guarantees  
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ethernet frame types   ethernet_802.2; ethernet 802.3; ethernet II; ethernet snap  
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ethernet 802.2   raw  
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ethernet 802.3   novell proprietary  
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ethernet II   DIX  
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ethernet frame types   need to know the fram type for troubleshooting  
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ethernet frame fields   size ranges from 64 to 1518 bytes  
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ethernet frame characteristics   fourteen byte header,four byte frame check sequence,seven byte preamble,one byte start of frame delimiter  
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ethernet II   most commonly used ethernet frame  
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