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| Short for Power over Ethernet, a solution where electrical current is run to networking hardware over the Ethernet Category 5 or higher data cabling. |
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| A Protocol used to prevent forwarding loops on a LAN. a link management protocol that is part of the IEEE 802.1 standard for media access control bridges. |
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| A network of computers that behave as if they are connected to the same wire even though they may actually be physically located on different segments of a LAN. |
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| The process of transferring VLAN data between two or more switches. |
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| Sends a copy of network packets seen on one switch port (or an entire VLAN) to a network monitoring connection on another switch port. |
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| A critical component for any AAA authentication method, in particular RADIUS, TACACS+, and 802.1X. |
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