Compaq Netelligent 3024 User Manual page 69

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G-6
SAP ID
Internet Control Message Protocol
(ICMP)
Interrepeater Communication
IP Address
jabbering
Light Emitting Device (LED)
The SAP ID is used to identify the type of services available by a
server. The 8-port and 16-port repeaters use a hex SAP ID of A905 to
advertise themselves as a repeater service.
Provides error handling and control messages for TCP/IP.
The 10Base-T interrepeater communication is implemented using the
REP, bidirectional, RS-485, 38.4 K Baud, serial connection. This link
uses a bucket brigade with token passing protocol to pass information
from repeater to repeater within a stack.
The Internet Protocol address assigned to a repeater, module, or node.
Internet Protocol provides connectionless, best effort datagram delivery
service.
Continuous transmission from a node, generally as a result of a
hardware or firmware failure.
Devices considered to be eye safe due to relatively low optical power
which, by design, emit incoherent light at a power level well within
guidelines for eye safety.