E
egress rules

The rules applied to an outgoing frame at a VLAN switch to determine whether the frame can be transmitted through a port and whether the frame needs to be tagged.

embedded routing information field (E-RIF)

A field used in some VLAN frames that have passed through a translational bridge.

emulated LAN (ELAN)

A set of systems that have ATM NICs and perform protocols that emulate the behavior of conventional LAN systems.

equal level far end crosstalk (ELFEXT)

A measurement of far end crosstalk that removes the difference in attenuation that results from using different cable lengths.

Ethernet

A family of LAN protocols operating at 10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1000Mbps.

EtherType code

A 2-byte code used to ...

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