User`s guide

D-2
Glossary
agent
Network management software that runs within a managed
network device.
alarm
See trap.
ANSI
American National Standards Institute – One of several
organizations that establishes standards which apply to
internetworking and bridging.
ARP
address resolution protocol – An auxiliary protocol of the IP layer
used to perform dynamic address translation between MAC
addresses and internet addresses. Converts IP addresses to MAC
addresses.
asynchronous transmission
Transmission of data according to token-holding rules. The station
that holds the token may initiate data transmission if the token
holding timer (THT) has not expired.
ATP (AppleTalk Transaction Protocol)
Used to provide reliable end-to-end transmission. This
implementation provides only the “at least once” responder
capability required for some ZIP operations.