Appendix D: Glossary - Canon IP100 User Manual

Appendix D: Glossary

The Glossary section defines the terms used in this User Manual
Term Definition
Ethernet Local Area Network technology, originally developed by Xerox
Corporation, can link up to 1,024 nodes in a bus network.
provides raw data transfer in a rate of 10 megabits/sec. with actual
throughputs in 2 to 3 megabits/sec. using a baseband
(single-channel) communication technique.
sense multiple access collision detection (CSMA/CD) that prevents
network failures when two devices attempt to access the network at
the same time.
protocol; their products may not be compatible.
Gateway A computer that attaches to a number of networks and routes
packets between them.
the higher levels.
IP Internet Protocol – The TCP/IP standard protocol defines the IP
datagram as the unit of information passed across a network.
IP Address Internet Protocol Address – A 32-bit address assigned to hosts
participating in a TCP/IP network.
network and host portions.
host to a physical network.
MAC Medium Access Control - The network layer between the physical
and the data link layers.
address exists in this layer.
MIB Management Information Base – The database, i.e. set of variables
maintained by a gateway running SNMP
NMS Network Management Station
OID Object Identifier – The variables defined in a MIB
Router A computer that manages traffic between different network segments
or different network topologies.
address.
protocols must be the same.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol – A standard protocol used to
monitor IP hosts, networks, and gateways.
simple operations that can be performed on the OIDs of the MIBs
managed by the monitored Agents.
transport layer to move its object between the Agents and the NMS
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol – A protocol suite
used by more than 15 million users with a UNIX association and
widely used to link computers of different kinds.
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LAN hardware manufacturers use Ethernet
The packets can be different protocols at
It is assigned to an interconnection of a
Specifically, the physical (hardware)
The network media can be different, but the higher-level
Appendix D: Glossary
Ethernet uses carrier
The IP address consists of
It directs the destination IP
SNMP defines a set of
It employs the UDP/IP
Ethernet
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