User`s guide

D-14

Glossary

Mbps (megabits per second)

1 million bits per second.

MIB (management information base)

A collection of objects unique to a speciﬁc device that can be

accessed via a network management protocol. The ATX has its own

MIB.

MIC (media interface connector)

Optical ﬁber connector type used for ATX bridge FDDI port. A

MIC consists of two parts: the MIC plug, which terminates the

optical ﬁber cable, and the MIC receptacle on the FDDI node or

station.

multicast

Packets destined for more than one address.

multicast storm

Excessive multicast packet trafﬁc, typically generated by a faulty

device. Multicast storms can cause severe network performance

problems.

NBP (Name Binding Protocol)

In the AppleTalk routing protocol, name binding is the process of

mapping a name (object:type@zone tuple) to a socket address.

Instead of maintaining a database, name binding works by

ﬂooding queries on all networks that have the speciﬁed zone. The

ﬁrst step in this process is an end-node sending a broadcast request

to a router. The router then determines all the networks with the

speciﬁed zone and addresses a forward request to the closest