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Nikkei Network

September 2006 Issue

FEATURE 1 Learning a Simple Network Management Protocol Using Windows XP A crash course on SNMP - The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a standard protocol used to manage network devices. We know this protocol is vital to networks, but because it is so complex it is difficult to understand its essence simply by reading books on the topic. The best way to learn it is to actually use it. This article helps you learn SNMP by using free software designed for Windows XP. Prologue: No real understanding is possible without actually using the protocol Basics: Polling – A SNMP manager plays a central role in collecting management information from network devices Application: TRAP & Extension MIB – SNMP agents automatically inform an SNMP manager when an accidental error occurs

BEGINNERS’ QUESTIONS

How is access to the Internet provided on the train?

FEATURE 2

Familiar but Full of Mysteries
All you need to know about facsimile transmission in the age of IP networks

- The fax machine is a communication technology that is widely used and already familiar to everyone. Despite that, however, there are many things we do not know about the device. As we enter the age of IP phones, the new challenge of how to integrate fax machines into IP networks has arisen.
This article examines the details of fax transmission in preparation for the coming age of IP networks.


Part 1: Re-recognizing facsimile as a communication technology

Part 2: Understanding the mechanism of conventional analogue fax transmissions by studying the five phases

Part 3: The mechanism and features of three ways of using fax machines over IP networks