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PREFACE
Access to submenus
You access submenus using a menu hierarchy. These are shown by
use of angle brackets and the courier typeface. For example,
File>Configuration>Setup shows that to select the Setup sub-
menu you must first click File and then Configuration.
Acronyms ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
AUI Attachment Unit Interface
BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IGMP Internet Group Message Protocol (for IP Multicast)
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IP Internet Protocol
LAN Local Area Network
MIB Management Information Base
RAM Random Access Memory
RMON Remote Monitoring
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
STP Spanning Tree Protocol
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
ToS Type of Service
UDP User Datagram Protocol
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
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