WIRELINE AND WIRELESS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIVITY SOFTWARE USED TO ESTABLISH AND MANAGE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN A COMPUTER AND COMPUTER NETWORKS; TRANSPONDERS; PHYSICAL LAYER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONTROLLERS, NAMELY SUB LAYERS OF THE LOCAL AREA NETWORK WHICH CONTROL ACCESS TO THE SHARED MEDIUM, NETWORK PROCESSORS, PACKET OR TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SWITCHING AND INTERCHANGE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; AND NETWORK TIMING AND SYNCHRONIZATION INTEGRATED CIRCUITS