X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Network interface


Network-to-network interface

Basically, NNI is used for interconnection of P Routers (class 4 or higher provider core) in signaling or GMPLS networks.

In GMPLS case, that could be Back-to-Back or EBGP or mixed NNI connection scenarios, depending on what type of VRF exchange is used for interconnection.


Wireless mobility management

Wireless mobility management provides an "alerting" function for call completion to a wireless terminal, monitors wireless link performance to determine when an automatic link transfer is required, and coordinates link transfers between wireless access interfaces.


see also

American Photonics

After some initial research in networking technologies, API was contracted by Interlan (another early Ethernet networking company, subsequently acquired by Micom and then by Racal Electronics PLC) to develop an adjunct to its 10Base5 Ethernet transceivers and Network Interface Cards (NICs, or Network cards).

IPMP

IP network multipathing, a facility provided by Solaris to provide fault-tolerance and load spreading for network interface cards

Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol

as a locator for routing purposes, to identify where a network interface is located within a larger routing context

WAN Interface Card

A WAN interface card is a specialised network interface card (NIC) that allows a network device such as a router to connect and transmit data over a Wide Area Network.

Wesley A. Clark

In 1967, he suggested to Larry Roberts the idea of using separate small computers (later named Interface Message Processors) as a way of standardizing the network interface and reducing load on the local computers.