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ATM. See Asynchronous Transfer Mode
attorneys, 393
attributes, 113, 118
audit, 8, 148
committee for, 391
by financial expert, 394
influence on, 392
oversight board for, 390
authentication, 118, 119, 137
automation, 5
B
backbone, 6869, 219
backbone switch, 34
back-door threats, 149, 152
backticks, 333
backup, 6, 113
client/server network, 22
in disaster recovery plan, 166171, 397
hardware for, 168, 169
with peer-to-peer network, 22
redundancy in, 168
restoration from, 167168
rotation strategy for, 169172
schedule of, 171
server, 188189, 194195
in SOHO networking, 60
tapes, 195
types of, 170171
before upgrading, 231
virtual machine, 388
backup domain controller (BDC), 115, 230
bandwidth, 1516, 27
low, 304
measurement of, 127, 127
network, 212, 215
plain old telephone service, 84
remote access, 126127
shared, 4142
speed by, 220
Token Ring network, 4647
barrel connectors, 52
Base, 43
base-8 numbering system, 14
base-10 numbering system, 1213
baseband, 43
bash shell, 332, 333
Basic Rate Interface (BRI), 82
B-channels. See bearer channels
BDC. See backup domain controller
bearer channels (B-channels), 82
billions of bits per second (Gbps), 15
binary digit, 12
binary numbering system, 1314
biometrics, 146
bits per second (bps), 15
block devices, 338, 339
BNC connector, 39, 40, 40, 52, 53
bonding, 132
boot loader, 315316, 316
BorderManager, 135
bps. See bits per second
brand loyalty, 200
breakout box, 75
BRI. See Basic Rate Interface
bridges, 66
hub, 68
with media access control sublayer, 71, 72
broad traveler, 123
broadband, 43
building, 219
bus topology, 39, 39, 4041, 54
byte, 12
bytes per second, 15
C
cable plant, 36, 55
cable scanner, 57
cables
breaks in, 56
Cat-5E, 35, 42, 47
Cat-6, 35
Category 3, 3435, 42
Category 5, 3435, 42
coaxial, 36, 48, 52, 53, 55, 5657
contractor for, 5455
crossover, 51
Ethernet, 49
fiber-optic, 48
installation of, 54
mapping out of, 57
network, 30
nonplenum, 53
patch, 49
plenum, 53
problems with, 5557
RS-232C, 75
self-made, 51
shielded twisted-pair, 47, 4849
for SOHO networking, 61
Token Ring network, 49
twisted-pair, 48, 4850, 49, 51, 52
unshielded twisted-pair, 47, 48, 4849
wiring of, 62
calculator, 14
CALs. See Client Access Licenses
capacity planning, 217218
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision
Detection (CSMA/CD), 46
cat command, 348
Cat-3. See Category 3 cable
Cat-5. See Category 5 twisted-pair cable
Cat-5E cable, 35, 42, 47
Cat-6 cable, 35
Category 3 (Cat-3) cable, 3435, 42
Category 5 (Cat-5) twisted-pair cable, 3435, 42