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LOSSARY
LAN Segment
Separate LAN or collision domain.
LED
Light emitting diode used for monitoring a device or network condition.
Local Area Network
A group of interconnected computers and support devices.
Media Access Control (MAC)
A portion of the networking protocol that governs access to the
transmission medium, facilitating the exchange of data between network
nodes.
MIB
An acronym for Management Information Base. It is a set of database
objects that contains information about the device.
Network Diameter
Wire distance between two end stations in the same collision domain.
RJ-45 Connector
A connector for twisted-pair wiring.
Straight-through Port
An RJ-45 port which does not cross the receive and transmit signals
internally (MDI) so it can be connected with straight-through twisted-pair
cable to any device having a crossover port (MDI-X). Also referred to as a
"Daisy-Chain" port.
Switched Ports
Ports that are on separate collision domains or LAN segments.
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