Ethernet Address; Category 6 Cables; Category 3 Cables - 3Com Baseline 2816 User Manual

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LOSSARY
network, and remove them by shutting down the bridge
causing the loop.

Category 3 Cables

One of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling defined by the
EIA/TIA-568 standard. Category 3 is voice grade cable and can
only be used in Ethernet networks (10BASE-T) to transmit data at
speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
Category 5 Cables
One of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling defined by the
EIA/TIA-568 standard. Category 5 can be used in Ethernet
(10BASE-T) and Fast Ethernet networks (100BASE-TX) and can
transmit data at speeds of up to 100 Mbps. Category 5 cabling is
better to use for network cabling than Category 3, because it
supports both Ethernet (10 Mbps) and Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
speeds.
Category 5e Cables
One of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling defined
by the EIA/TIA-568 standard. Category 5e can be used
in Ethernet (10BASE-T), Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) and
Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) networks, and can
transmit data at speeds of up to 1000 Mbps.

Category 6 Cables

One of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling defined
by the EIA/TIA-568-B standard. Category 6 can be used
in Ethernet (10BASE-T), Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) and
Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) networks, and can
transmit data at speeds of up to 1000 Mbps.
Client
The term used to describe the desktop PC that is
connected to your network.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol
automatically assigns an IP address for every computer
on your network. Windows 95, Windows 98 and
Windows NT 4.0 contain software that assigns IP
addresses to workstations on a network. These
assignments are made by the DHCP server software that
runs on Windows NT Server.
Ethernet
A LAN specification developed jointly by Xerox, Intel and
Digital Equipment Corporation. Ethernet networks use
CSMA/CD to transmit packets at a rate of 10 Mbps and
100 Mbps over a variety of cables.

Ethernet Address

See MAC address.