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Index
Numerics
100BASE-FX 2-3
100BASE-TX 2-3
A
Active circuitry 2-6
APIM 4-5
Assistance 1-3
B
Backbones
collapsed 5-19
definition 5-17
device 5-20
distributed 5-18
Fast Ethernet 7-9
selection 5-21
Bandwidth 2-2
Bridge 3-2
BRIM 3-7, 4-8, 4-8 to 4-10
C
Chapter summaries 1-2
Collapsed backbone 5-19
Concentrator 3-2
CSMA/CD 2-2
Customer Support 1-3
D
Device backbone 5-20
Distributed backbone 5-18
Document conventions 1-3
Document organization 1-2
E
EPIM 4-3
Ethernet 2-2, 6-1
cable lengths 2-2
high-end department 6-19
home office 6-5
remote office 6-16
shared devices 6-2
signal path 2-3
small office 6-11
station count 2-3
switched devices 6-4
Expansion (of networks) 5-15
F
Fast Ethernet 2-3, 7-1
100BASE-FX 2-3
100BASE-TX 2-3
buffered uplink 2-4
cable length 2-4
high-end department 7-6
network radius 2-4
repeater classes 2-3
shared devices 7-1
small office 7-3
station count 2-5
switched devices 7-2
Fast Ethernet Interface Modules 4-3
FPIM 4-4
Frontier 3-6
G
Geographical proximity 5-3