Packet-switching node: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:31, 3 April 2005

Revision as of 20:45, 27 April 2005

Line 1:

'''Packet-switching node''': In a [[packet-switching network]], a [[node (networking)|node]] that contains [[data]] switches and equipment for controlling, formatting, transmitting, [[routing]], and receiving data packets.

<i>Note:</i> In the [[Defense Data Network]] (DDN), a packet-switching node is usually configured to support up to thirty-two X.25 56-kb kbit/s [[Server|host]] connections, as many as six 56-kb kbit/s [[interswitch trunk]] (IST) lines to other packet-switching nodes, and at least one [[Terminal Access Controller]] (TAC).

'''Source:''' From [[Federal Standard 1037C]] and from [[MIL-STD-188]]