SMC Networks TigerStack II 10/100 User Manual page 75

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LOSSARY
LAN Segment
Separate LAN or collision domain.
Link Segment
Length of twisted-pair or fiber cable joining a pair of repeaters or a
repeater and a PC.
Network Diameter
Wire distance between two end stations in the same collision
domain.
Out-of-Band Management
Management of the network from a station that is not attached to
the network.
Segmentable Hub
Hub capable of subdividing the LAN into separate collision
domains.
Shared Ports
Ports that are on the same collision domain and share a fixed
bandwidth.
SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol, a standard protocol for point-to-point
connections using serial lines.
Stackable Hubs
Hubs that can be stacked to support additional users without
repeater hops—the entire stack counts as a single logical repeater.
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