3Com 3C780 - LinkBuilder FDDI Base Unit User Manual page 168

Station
STP
Telnet
TFTP
Thru state
Token
Tree
Tree-mode connection
Trunk
An addressable node on an FDDI network capable of
transmitting, repeating, and receiving information. A station
has exactly one SMT, at least one MAC, at least one PHY, and
at least one PMD.
Shielded Twisted-Pair. Shielded four-conductor electrical
cable that can be used as the communication medium on an
FDDI ring in place of optical fiber.
The Internet standard protocol for remote terminal connection
service. Telnet lets a user interact with a remote time-sharing
system at another site as though the user's terminal connected
directly to the hub or concentrator.
Trivial File Transfer Protocol. A simplified version of the File
Transfer Protocol (FTP) used to transfer files.
The condition in which both rings are fully functional.
The special frame that passes from station to station on an
FDDI ring any time the ring can carry data. The token is
captured by a station that is ready to transmit data, and is
released back to the ring at the end of the allotted transmission
time. During token-capture time, only the station possessing
the token can transmit data.
A physical topology consisting of a hierarchy of master-slave
connections between a concentrator and other FDDI nodes
(including subordinate concentrators).
A connection between tree ports (M ports).
A physical loop topology, either open or closed, employing
two optical fiber signal paths, one in each direction, forming a
sequence of peer connections between FDDI nodes.
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