
Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999
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TCP/IP Network Requirements 5-
This section provides a general description of ethernet networks, TCP/IP and
X.25 protocols and the requirements needed to support the operation of the
Network Wide Backup and Restore application with INM Broadband.
Ethernet
The ethernet protocol is a standard defined by the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for communication networks. The IEEE
standard 802.3 defines the layer 2 functionality in the protocol stack shown
below.
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OSI 7 Layer Protocol Stack
NM-00014(R5)
The characteristics of a 10-Base-T Ethernet network are:
• Maximum speed of 10 Mbits/sec
• Maximum number of 100 Ethernet devices per network
• Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
media access control
Application
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