Terms starting with M

5 terms in Networking

  • MAC address

    Networking › Networking fundamentals

    A MAC address is the 48-bit hardware identifier that a network interface uses to send and receive frames within one local network…

  • Managed switch

    Networking › Ethernet & switching

    A managed switch is an Ethernet switch that can be configured and monitored, offering VLANs, QoS, link aggregation and security controls on…

  • MIMO

    Networking › Wi-Fi

    MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) uses several antennas at both ends of a Wi-Fi link to send parallel spatial streams and raise speed and…

  • MSS

    Networking › Transport protocols

    MSS, the TCP maximum segment size, is the largest data payload a TCP host will accept in one segment, typically 1460 bytes…

  • MTU

    Networking › Transport protocols

    MTU is the largest packet a network link carries in one frame, and it sets how transport protocols size segments and avoid…