Subject Index: Point-to-point technologies

Animation 16_1 Hosts and routers consult routing tables to forward IP datagrams. Each host or router looks in its routing table to determine the next hop to the destination. If the routing tables are changed, IP datagrams will follow different paths to the destination.
Figure 12.4 An inverse mux using two T1 circuits to provide a connection with twice the capacity. Inverse multiplexing is attractive economically for intermediate capacities because two T1 circuits are much less expensive than a T3 circuit.
Figure 12.6 Illustration of an STS-1 SONET frame with 810 octets divided into 9 rows of 90 columns. Octets at the beginning of each row provide clock synchronization and maintenance information.
Figure 12.7 ADSL modems connected to existing local loop wiring. The modems can use a pair of wires simultaneously with analog telephone service.
Photo img4_110 The front of a Motorola cable modem showing its various indicators.
Photo img4_111 The back of a Motorla cable modem. On the left is a standard coaxial television cable connector. The modem sends and receives data over the existing cable system infrastructure through this connection. On the right is an RJ-45 Ethernet jack which connects the modem to a computer.
Photo img5_001 Motorola CyberSurfer Wave cable modem
Photo img5_002 Motorola CyberSurfer Wave cable modem