3Com Baseline 2226 Plus User Manual

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86 GLOSSARYCategory 3 CablesOne of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling definedby the EIA/TIA-568 standard. Category 3 is voice gradecable and can only be used in Ethernet networks(10BASE-T) to transmit data at speeds of up to 10Mbps.Category 5 CablesOne of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling definedby the EIA/TIA-568 standard. Category 5 can be used inEthernet (10BASE-T) and Fast Ethernet networks(100BASE-TX) and can transmit data at speeds of up to100 Mbps. Category 5 cabling is better to use fornetwork cabling than Category 3, because it supportsboth Ethernet (10 Mbps) and Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)speeds.Category 5e CablesOne of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling definedby the EIA/TIA-568 standard. Category 5e can be usedin Ethernet (10BASE-T), Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) andGigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) networks, and cantransmit data at speeds of up to 1000 Mbps.Category 6 CablesOne of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling definedby the EIA/TIA-568-B standard. Category 6 can be usedin Ethernet (10BASE-T), Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) andGigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) networks, and cantransmit data at speeds of up to 1000 Mbps.ClientThe term used to describe the desktop PC that isconnected to your network.DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocolautomatically assigns an IP address for every computeron your network. Windows 95, Windows 98 andWindows NT 4.0 contain software that assigns IPaddresses to workstations on a network. Theseassignments are made by the DHCP server software thatruns on Windows NT Server.EthernetA LAN specification developed jointly by Xerox, Intel andDigital Equipment Corporation. Ethernet networks useCSMA/CD to transmit packets at a rate of 10 Mbps and100 Mbps over a variety of cables.Ethernet AddressSee MAC address.Fast EthernetAn Ethernet system that is designed to operate at 100Mbps.Gigabit EthernetAn Ethernet system that is designed to operate at 1000Mbps.