Index_M

M

MAC (media access control), 559

MAC (media access control) address, 7, 129, 130, 559

real world scenarios, 135–136

MAC database, forward/filter table, 75, 75–77

MAC sublayer in Data Link layer, 32–33

MacIP, 559

mainframe, 3

MAN (Metropolitan-Area Network), 559

manageability, 559

evaluating network needs andexpectations, 169

of hierarchical network, 192–193

as WAN design criteria, 224

Management Information Base (MIB),434, 438, 561

Manchester encoding, 559

mapping private IP v4 addresses. See Network Address Translation (NAT)

master-slave relationships, 363

Matrix group in RMON, 439

MAU (Multi-station Access Unit), 559

maximum burst, 559–560

Maximum Burst Size (MBS), 560

Maximum Cell Delay Variation (MCDV), 560

Maximum Cell Loss Ratio (MCLR), 560

Maximum Cell Transfer Delay (MCTD), 560

maximum hop count, 320

maximum rate, 560

maximum transmission unit (MTU), 327, 562

MBONE (Multicast Backbone), 560

MBS (Maximum Burst Size), 560

MCDV (Maximum Cell Delay Variation), 560

MCLR (Maximum Cell Loss Ratio), 560

MCR (Minimum Cell Rate), 560

MCTD (Maximum Cell Transfer Delay), 560

mean time between failure (MTBF), 164, 562

media, 561

media access control (MAC), 559

Media Access Control (MAC) address, 7

media access control field in TokenRing, 44, 44

memory, for link-state algorithm, 323

metrics, for path determination, 225

Metropolitan-Area Network (MAN), 559

MIB (Management Information Base), 434, 438, 561

microsegmentation, 69, 561

MIDI (Musical Instrument DigitalInterface), 19

minicomputers, 4

Minimum Cell Rate (MCR), 560

MIP (Multichannel Interface Processor), 561

mips, 561

MLP (multilink PPP), 561

MMP (Multichassis Multilink PPP), 561

modem eliminator, 561

modems, 561

for WANs, 11

modulation, 561

MOSPF (multicast OSPF), 562

MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group), 19

MPOA (Multiprotocol over ATM), 562

MSAU (multistation access unit), 43

MTBF (mean time between failure), 164, 562

MTU (maximum transmission unit), 327, 562

multi-point subinterface, 242

Multi-station Access Unit (MAU), 559

multicast, 562

multicast addressing, 562

LMI messages on, 240

Multicast Backbone (MBONE), 560

multicast OSPF (MOSPF), 562

multicast send VCC, 562

multicasting, 82

LMI messages on, 240

Multichannel Interface Processor (MIP), 561

Multichassis Multilink PPP (MMP), 561

multilayer switch, 562

multilink PPP (MLP), 237, 561

multiplexing, 562

multiplexors, 11

Multiprotocol over ATM (MPOA), 562

multistation access unit (MSAU), 43

Musical Instrument Digital Interface(MIDI), 19

mux, 11