Black Box LGS103AE, Installation Manual

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G
LOSSARY
N
ETWORK
D
IAMETER
Wire distance between two end stations in the same collision domain.
R
EDUNDANT
P
OWER
S
UPPLY
(RPS)
A backup power supply unit that automatically takes over in case the primary
power supply should fail.
RJ-45 C
ONNECTOR
A connector for twisted-pair wiring.
S
WITCHED
P
ORTS
Ports that are on separate collision domains or LAN segments.
TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association
T
RANSMISSION
C
ONTROL
P
ROTOCOL
/I
NTERNET
P
ROTOCOL
(TCP/IP)
Protocol suite that includes TCP as the primary transport protocol, and IP as the
network layer protocol.
UTP
Unshielded twisted-pair cable.
V
IRTUAL
LAN (VLAN)
A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the same collision
domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network.
A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no physical barriers, allowing users to
share information and resources as though located on the same LAN.