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NWay Protocol A network protocol that can automaticall
ne
otiate the
hi
hest possible transmission speed between two
devices.
P
PING Packet Internet Groper, a utilit
used to determine
whether a specific IP address is accessible. It functions
sendin
a packet to the specified address and waits
for a repl
. It is primaril
used to troubleshoot Internet
connections.
PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. PPPoE is a
specification for connectin
the users on an Ethernet to
the Internet throu
h a common broadband medium,
such as DSL or cable modem. All the users over the
Ethernet share a common connection.
Protocol Communication on the network is
overned b
sets of
rules called protocols. Protocols provide the
uidelines
devices use to communicate with each other, and thus
the
have different functions. Some protocols are
responsible for formattin
and presentin
and
resentin
data that will be transferred from file server
memory to the file server’s net work adapter Others are
responsible for filterin
information between networks
and forwardin
data to its destination. Still other
rotocols dictate how data is transferred across the
medium, and how servers respond to workstation
requests and vice versa. Common network protocols
responsible for the presentation and formattin
of data
for a network operatin
s
stem are the Internetwork
Packet Exchan
e (IPX) protocol or the Internet
Protocol (IP). Protocols that dictate the format of data
