ETHERNET

ETHERNET

1. Ethernet protocol

   • Ethernet Frame
     • MAC Sublayer
     • Evolution of Ethernet
     • Ethernet encapsulation
     • Ethernet raster fields
   • Ethernet MAC addresses
     • MAC and hexadecimal address
     • Frame processing
     • Representations of the MAC address
     • Unicast MAC address
     • MAC Address: Ethernet Identity
     • Broadcast MAC address
     • Multicast MAC address

2. LAN switches

   • MAC address table
     • Basics of switches
     • Obtaining MAC addresses
     • Filtering of frames
     • MAC address tables in connected switches
     • Sending a frame to the default gateway
   • Switch forwarding methods
     • Frame forwarding methods for Cisco switches
     • Switching by cutting method
     • Memory buffering on the switches
   • Switch port configuration
     • Duplex and speed settings
     • Automatic MDIX

3. Address resolution protocol

   • MAC and IP
     • Destination in the same network
     • Remote destination network
   • ARP
     • Introduction to ARP
     • ARP functions
     • ARP application
     • ARP reply
     • The role of ARP in remote communication
     • Deleting entries from an ARP table
     • ARP tables
   • ARP problems
     • ARP broadcasts
     • Impersonation AR