Switch User's Guide
Glossary
256 CSX400 and CSX400-DC User’s Guide
Transparent Bridging — Bridging technique used in Ethernet networks that allows transfer of
frames across intermediate nodes using tables associating end nodes with bridging addresses.
Bridges are unknown to the end nodes.
UDP — User Datagram Protocol. A connectionless protocol used to pass packets across an
internet network, requiring no handshaking between source and destination.
Watchdog Frames — Frames sent out by servers to clients, under IPX, to verify that clients are
still logged on.
Wide Area Network — A communications network that is geographically dispersed thus
requiring links provided by communications carriers.
Workstation — Computer or terminal used by the systems administration or user.