Drawing upon its extensive knowledge of heterogeneous network environments, the company has created a wide range of products and services designed to maximize network productivity and minimize system downtime. Network General Reporter A software application that allows users to generate reports based on data collected by three Network General applications-Expert Analyzer, Network Monitor, and Cornerstone Agent or Foundation Manager. A location that provides access to RFCs and other information about the Internet. The boundary between a carrier s network and a local installation. Layer 3 is the layer at which routing occurs.
Network management is an increasingly important topic in the more general field of networking.
The part of an Internet address that specifies the network to which the host belongs. The Expert Sniffer analyzer creates network objects by performing multilevel protocol analysis on the frames that pass through its real-time protocol interpreters. In this way, the Expert analyzer can distill a relatively small number of network objects from the huge body of information it processes. NEU Network Extension Unit. A concentrator and repeater for StarLAN networks.