COMMUNICATIONS HANDBOOK Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 Version 1.0 August 31, 1989 John Sechrest Project Director John Skelton Editor Copyright 1989 by Oregon State University Copying without fee is permitted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for comn advantage, and eredit to the source is givenCONTRIBUTING AUTHORS Bill Ayres Kevin Currans Rob Graham Richard Griffin Bill Hopper Mark Keppinger John Kimble Bruce Marler Bob McNaughton Bill Myers John Sechrest Farhad Shafabakhsh John Skelton Joe Snyder Bthemet is a registered tra Systems, Inc, UNIX Equipment Corporation nark of Xerox Corporation, Postscript isa rogistored trade mark of Adobe a registered Trade Mark of AT&T, VAX is a rogistored Trade Mark of Digital‘TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface np v Introduction: How to use this handbook How to get help Computing governance at OSU 1. INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION : ‘ : 1 A, General Introduction to Networking eae eae eel B. Specific Network Information ‘| 2 1. What is the ISO/OSI Standard? eee eet 2. What is TCP/IP? : 3 is Novell IPX/SPX? 4. What is Sytek? 5, What is Ethernet? 6. What is NFS? a 8 9, What is BITNET? : edie What is CAPS? = Seer eee erate What is CDCNET? ee eee ee ey ita 10. What is Electronic Mail? es i 11. What is a Valid Electronic Mail Address? 2000222002221) 12, What are Gateways, Bridges and Routers? 43, What is an RFC? C. Introduction to the OSU Campus Network... . ceeeees : 8 . Overview of the OSU Broadband Network 8 2. Features of the OSU Broadband Network |/.).. 0... ae 8 a. Ethernet (TCP/IP) re eee b, PC Network (Novell) Sede : : 8 c. Asynchronous (Sytck) : : eo) 3. Gateway services ° a, Novell <-> TCP/IP 9 b. Syt 10 &. Sytek 30 4. Mail G 2 D. Introduction to National and Regional Networks 1B 1. The Internet B 2. NSENET sg 3. NonthWestNet ou : ao 4. USAN prices aera 2B 5. BITNET 1 © USENET : 4 1. Acceptable Use Policies 8