"Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: > A more useful and lower-level concept idea than that of connections > is state. State is the property that a host, router, etc., remembers > something about a packet, message, physical link, etc., after it has > transmitted the "something."
Another perspective on state is finite state machines or abstract state machines. We see FSMs in Cisco's documentation and on some of the CCNP certification exams. Maybe there'll be something about ASMs in the near future. For more on that see: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/gasm -- TT Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=42760&t=42760 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]