Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), 57, 216, 217, 235, 236, 253, 254, 257
discovery. See Path MTU discovery.
MBONE, 316, 428
Media Access Control (MAC), 174
addresses, 76, 100, 102, 105, 172, 204, 227, 230, 238, 370372, 446. See also IEEE 082.X MAC address.
header, 452
multicast address, 234, 238
Media Access Control (MAC) layer, 76, 203
interfaces, 372
Media address, 234
MERIT Network, 14
Message types, 184185
Metrics, 150, 157, 185186, 197
MIB. See Management Information Base.
Microsegmenting, 111
Microsubnetting, 111
Military network (MILNET), 12
MILNET. See Military network.
MIME. See Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
Mixers, 304
Mobility agent, 239
MOSPF. See Multicast Open Shortest Path First.
MPEG, 306
MSS. See Maximum Segment Size.
MTU. See Maximum Transmission Unit.
Multiaccess networks, 188
Multi-area OSPF topology, 414
Multicast, 167, 220, 364, 460, 463. See also Inter-Area Multicast; Inter-Autonomous System Multicast; Internet Control Message Protocol ICMPv6; Internet Protocol Multicast; Protocol-Independent Multicast.
addresses, 74, 76, 250, 263. See also Converted IP Multicast address.
algorithms, 378
application, 140
comparison. See Unicast.
membership reporting, 255
packets, 373
support, 172173
tree types, PIM-SM usage, 404405
Multicast datagrams, 365, 381, 387, 394, 396, 419
receiving, 367
Multicast Open Shortest Path First (MOSPF), 359, 378, 398, 411412, 415, 417, 423
caveats, 414
differences, 412413
routing. See Inter-Area MOSPF routing.
Multicasting, 357. See also Internet Protocol IPv6; Reverse Path Multicasting.
type, 362363
Multimedia, 300
Multinetting, 93
Multiple-packet windowing, 324
Multiplexing, 277, 285
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME), 346
Multisubnet broadcasts, 139
MX. See Mail exchange.
N
Name servers, 326, 329, 332333
database, manipulation, 341342
records, 337
Name-to-address translation, 328
Name-to-IP-address mapping, 338
Name-to-network address translation service, 49
NAPs. See Network Access Points.
NAT. See Network Address Translation.
National Science Foundation (NSF), 13, 15
Native IP, 4
Natural mask, 80, 126, 171
NBMA. See Non-Broadcast Multiaccess.
NCP. See NetWare Core Protocol.; Network Control Program.
NCSA. See U.S. National Center for Supercomputer Applications.
Neighbor Advertisement, 238, 261
Neighbor cache, 264
Neighbor Discovery, 233234, 390. See also Internet Control Message Protocol; Internet Protocol IPv4.