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Contents
About This Guide
Audience ..........................................................................................................................xiii
Before You Begin .............................................................................................................xiii
Bay Networks Customer Support ....................................................................................xiv
CompuServe .............................................................................................................xiv
InfoFACTS ................................................................................................................. xv
World Wide Web ........................................................................................................ xv
How to Get Help .............................................................................................................. xv
Conventions .....................................................................................................................xvi
Ordering Bay Networks Publications ..............................................................................xvii
Acronyms ........................................................................................................................xvii
Chapter 1
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking Overview
APPN Networking Overview ...........................................................................................1-2
APPN Node Types ..........................................................................................................1-2
Network Nodes ........................................................................................................1-3
End Nodes ...............................................................................................................1-3
Low-Entry Networking Nodes ..................................................................................1-3
Control Points and Logical Units .....................................................................................1-5
Dependent Logical Unit Requester and Server ..............................................................1-6
lnterfaces, Ports, and Link Stations ................................................................................1-8
Interfaces .................................................................................................................1-9
Ports .........................................................................................................................1-9
Link Stations .............................................................................................................1-9
Connection Networks ...................................................................................................1-10
Intermediate Session Routing ......................................................................................1-12
Packet Segmentation and Reassembly .................................................................1-13
Adaptive Pacing .....................................................................................................1-13
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