Lesson Objectives:
After reading
the chapter and completing the exercises, the students should be able
to:
• Understand
how modems are used in network communications
• Understand faster alternatives to modems for network communications
• Survey the different types of carriers used in network communications
• Explain how larger networks are implemented with devices such
as repeaters, bridges, routers, gateways, and switches
Key Terms
asynchronous
Basic Rate Interface (BRI)
baud
Binary Synchronous (bisync) communications
bis
bridge
bridging table
broadcast storm
brouter
central office (CO)
Dial-Up Networking (DUN)
digital modem
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
discovery
distance-vector algorithm
dynamic routing
gateway
Hayes-compatible
High-level Data Link Control (HDLC)
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
internetwork
learning bridge
link-state algorithm
modem (MOdulator/DEModulator)
network termination (NT)
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Primary Rate Interface (PRI)
propagation delay
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
Remote Access Service (RAS)
router
routing table
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
source-routing bridge
spanning tree algorithm (STA)
static routing
switch
synchronous
Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC)
ter
terminal adapter (TA)
translation bridge
transparent bridge
V-series
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Links
Webopedia
- Modem
Remote
Access Service - An Overview
Faster
Wireless LAN Technologies on Tap - NW Fusion
HardwareCentral:
Networking
