http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com Resources for Networkers Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:47:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It must produce multiple exchanges for a router to connect to another using ISDN. To make a call ISDN D channel is used between the router and the ISDN switch. Signaling System 7 (SS7) is used between the switches within the network service provider. The D channel between the router and ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/12/isdn-features-and-benchmarks/ You might recall from our brief description of the protocols used in a setting IPX, it is an routable protocol and the routing information protocol (RIP) is used to propagate routing information. The IPX version of RIP is quite similar to the IP version. Function essentially the same way, the routers ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/12/configuring-an-ipx-router/ A broadcast storm occurs when you receive a large amount of broadcast packets on a port. The sending of these packets can cause the network is slow or that the time limit expires. Storm control is configured for the switch as a whole but operates port. Storm control is disabled ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/11/how-to-avoid-broadcast-storms/ More nodes are added to the physical Ethernet segment, it increases the containment of the media. Ethernet is a shared medium, which means that only one node can transmit data at the same time. By adding more nodes, increases the demand on the available bandwidth and imposes an additional burden on ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/11/layer-2-ethernet-bridging/ To enable interoperability of management in the different network platforms have been established network management standards for providers to implement and comply with them. There are two main standards: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) – Community of IETF Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) – Community of telecommunications. SNMP actually refers to a set of ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/11/snmp-and-cmip-standards/ A switch is a network device that acts as a Layer 2 concentration point for connecting workstations, servers, routers, hubs and other switches. A hub is an older type of aggregation device that also has multiple ports. However, the hubs are lower than those switches as all devices connected to a ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/11/configuration-of-the-switch/ From the point of view, telephone, the protocol takes care of the voice signal for the establishment, management and culling call is SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). It is a protocol developed by IETF as a standard (RFC 3261) and supported in the client's on-board mobile phone from Nokia. The same ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/11/voip-and-configuration-of-cisco-voip-sip/ To configure Cisco routers, you must enter the user interface of the router using a terminal or remote access. When accessing a router, the user must log before executing any other command. For security reasons, the router has two levels of access to commands: User EXEC mode: Typical tasks include checking the ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/11/logging-into-the-router/ This article teaches how to create a logical topology without loops. Redundant network topologies are designed to ensure that networks continue to function in the presence of single points of failure. The users' work suffers fewer interruptions as the network continues to function. Any disruption caused by a fault should ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/11/redundant-topology-and-spanning-tree/ The network analysis: A “network analyzer” is a device that allows you to “hear” the traffic of a network, i.e. to capture the information on them. In fact, in a switched network, data is sent to all network terminals. However, with a normal exploitation of the terminals ignore packets that are not ... http://www.mynetworkdictionary.com/2011/11/network-analyzers-sniffers/