Monitors LAN devices in UNIX environments. Phase 2 addresses these limitations. LNM LAN Network Manager. Typically running on a PC, it monitors SRB and Token Ring devices, and can pass alerts up to NetView. Good load-balancing algorithms use both line speed and reliability information.
Load balancing increases the use of network segments, thus increasing effective network bandwidth.
Use of local acknowledgments reduces network overhead and, therefore, the risk of time-outs. Also known as local termination . If the local explorer packet fails to find a local host, the end system produces either a spanning explorer packet or an all-routes explorer packet. See also all-routes explorer packet , explorer packet , and spanning explorer packet . Local Management Interface See LMI .