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1. Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. A convention often used as the data link protocol over Cable in which Ethernet is used as the data link protocol - but with PPP being encapsulated inside Ethernet. The combination gives the data link features of






2. An exterior routing protocol designed to exchange prefix information between different autonomous systems. The information includes a rich set of characteristics called path attributes - which in turn allows for great flexibility regarding routing ch






3. When a PIM-SM router switches from RPT to SPT - it sends a PIM-SM Prune message for the source and the group with the RP bit set to its upstream router on the shared tree. RFC 2362 uses the notation PIM-SM (S - G) RP-bit Prune for this message.






4. EIGRP (and IGRP) allows for the use of bandwidth - load - delay - MTU - and link reliability; the K values refer to an integer constant that includes these five possible metric components. Only bandwidth and delay are used by default - to minimize re






5. Provider router.






6. A strategy for subnetting a classful network for which masks/prefixes are different for some subnets of that one classful network.






7. A TCP variable used as the basis for a TCP sender's timer defining how long it should wait for a missing acknowledgement before resending the data.






8. In the PIM-SM design - the process by which a PIM-SM router can build the SPT between itself and the source of a multicast group and take advantage of the most efficient path available from the source to the router as long as it has one directly conn






9. On a single computer - one layer provides a service to a higher layer. The software or hardware that implements the higher layer requests that the next lower layer perform the needed function.






10. Data terminal equipment.






11. Network Time Protocol.






12. A standard (RFC 951) protocol by which a LAN-attached host can dynamically broadcast a request for a server to assign it an IP address - along with other configuration settings - including a subnet mask and default gateway IP address.






13. A message sent by a host when it wants to leave a group - addressed to the All Multicast Routers address 224.0.0.2.






14. The information maintained by a router for each multicast entry in its multicast routing table - such as incoming interface - outgoing interface list - Uptime timer - Expire timer - etc.






15. A predefined VC. A PVC can be equated to a leased line in concept.






16. The IP address to which Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) sends LDP Hellos. Also used in IP multicast to send packets to all multicast routers.






17. Ethernet feature in which a NIC or Ethernet port can only transmit or receive at the same instant in time - but not both. Half duplex is required when a possibility of collisions exists.






18. A Cisco IOS configuration tool for RIP and EIGRP for which the list matches routes in routing updates - and adds a defined value to the sent or received metric for the routes. The value added to the metric is the offset.






19. A Cisco IOS interface software queue queuing strategy implemented automatically when using either form of Frame Relay fragmentation. The system then interleaves packets from the high-priority queue between fragments of the medium-priority queue.






20. A Layer 3 forwarding path through a router that does not optimize the forwarding path through the router.






21. A set of packets in an MPLS network for which the MPLS network will apply the exact same forwarding behavior.






22. The process of taking the IP and TCP headers of a packet - compressing them - and then uncompressing them on the receiving router.






23. A term generally describing characteristics about BGP paths that are advertised in BGP Updates.






24. An 802.1w RSTP port state in which the port is not the Root Port but is available to become the root port if the current root port goes down.






25. An early standard from AT&T for encoding analog voice as a digital signal for transmission over a TDM network. PCM requires 64 kbps - and is the basis for the DS0 speed.






26. Frequency hopping spread spectrum.






27. Modified Deficit Round-Robin.






28. An MPLS application that allows the MPLS network to connect to multiple different IP networks - with overlapping IP addresses - and provide IP connectivity to those multiple networks.






29. Layer x PDU.






30. In PIM-SM - the path of the group traffic that flows from the RP to the routers that need the traffic. It is also called the root-path tree (RPT) - because it is rooted at the RP.






31. The actual number of packets in a queue at a particular time.






32. Common Spanning Tree.






33. Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agent feature. Provides for router-generated information useful for verifying network performance on a scheduled basis - and the associated reporting functions.






34. CDP Control Protocol.






35. A method used by an IPv6 host to determine its own IP address - without DHCPv6 - by using NDP and the modified EUI-64 address format. See also stateful autoconfiguration.






36. In the context of SNMP - the Inform command is sent by an SNMP manager to communicate a set of variables - and their values - to another SNMP manager. The main purpose is to allow multiple managers to exchange MIB information - and work together - wi






37. A mechanism used by TCP senders to limit the dynamic window for a TCP connection - to reduce the sending rate when packet loss occurs. The sender considers both the advertised window size and CWND - using the smaller of the two.






38. A multicast routing protocol that forwards the multicast traffic only when requested by a downstream router.






39. Another name for Superframe.






40. Multiple Spanning Trees.






41. Quantum value.






42. Expedited Forwarding.






43. A conceptual model used by shapers and policers to represent their internal logic.






44. A designated router that is directly connected with a source of the multicast group.






45. The Cisco IOS Router IP Traffic Export feature - intended for intrusion detection - exports IP traffic that has signs of an attack - such as duplicate IP packets simultaneously received on two or more of a router's interfaces.






46. A BGP feature that overcomes the requirement of a full mesh of iBGP peers inside a single AS by separating the AS into multiple sub-autonomous systems.






47. Often used synonymously with neighbor - but with emphasis on the fact that all required parameters match - allowing routing updates to be exchanged between the routers.






48. IP multicast address range from 224.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255.






49. In Frame Relay - a link between a router and a Frame Relay switch.






50. Used by RRs to denote the RID of the iBGP neighbor that injected the NLRI into the AS.