...
Loopback a
PPP
PPP (Point-to-Point protocol, used for dial-up connections)
ethX
Ethernet, where X is the number of the Ethernet interface. If
you have only one network adapter, it will be
ethO. ...
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port numbers. Those used most commonly are called
well-known ports.
You can find a table of them in Appendix B.
Adding Routers to an Ethernet
W...
... type of Ethernet cabling as we explore hardware details
in the following chapters.
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A Bit of Ethernet History
Originally, Ethernet ... Mbps.
The IEEE adopted Ethernet as a LAN standard and published its initial
specifications as 10BASE5 in 1983. Later, Ethernet was also endorsed as
a standard by the ISO. Ether...
... stand-alone access point, be sure that it has
an Ethernet port. Then, use a short Cat 5 or better patch cable
to connect the AP to a port on an Ethernet switch. Each AP you
add to the network ...
Identifiers
(SSIDs).
When a remote device wants to connect to an AP, it
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First, you create a list of workstations to be affected by the policy, as in...
... Gigabit Ethernet and run a Gigabit Ethernet line to
the server farm, but Fast Ethernet will be adequate for the desk-
tops. It is true that many desktop computers are now shipping
with Gigabit Ethernet ... attorneys would like to
move away from the slower 10Base-T Ethernet to at least Fast Ethernet,
with the possibility of using Gigabit Ethernet for the network backbone (in...