CHAPTER 5 ETHERNET LANS

CHAPTER 5 ETHERNET LANS

1. DEFINING ETHERNET LANS

   • COMPARING ETHERNET LANS TO WANS
     • COMPARING ETHERNET LANS TO OTHER WIRED LANS
       • COMPARING 802.3 ETHERNET LANS TO 802.11 WIRELESS LANS
         • COMPARING ETHERNET TO ITSELF
           • ETHERNET BITS RATES
           • ETHERNET DISTANCES
           • ETHERNET STAR TOPOLOGY & POINT TO POINT LINKS
           • DATA LINK FRAMING & FORWARDING
           • NAMES OF ETHERNET STANDARDS

2. BUILDING EHTERNET LANS

   • TRADE OFFS OF SPEED VS PRICING
     • ETHERNET PRICING TRENDS
       • IMPACT OF PRICING ON CAMPUS LANS
     • MIGRATION ISSUES & AUTONEGOTIATIONS
       • AUONEGOTIATION OF SPEED
       • AUTONEGOTIATION OF DUPLEX
       • DISTANCES USING FIBR OPTICS VS UTP
         • STRAIGHT THRU CABLES
         • CROSSOVER CALBES

3. EXPLORING ETHERNET DATA-LINK FEATURES

   • ETHERNET FRAMES & ADDRESSES
     • ETHERNET MAC HEADER & TRAILER
     • ETHERNET HEADER FIELDS EXPLAINED
     • ETHERNET TRAILER FCS EXPLAINED
     • ETHERNET MAC ADDRESSES EXPLAINED
       • MAC ADDRESS FORMATS & TYPES
       • UNIVERSIALLY UNIQUE MAC ADRESSES
       • LAN SWITCHING
         • ETHERNET LAN SWITCH FORWARDING
         • ETHERNET LAN SWITCH FLOODING
         • ETHERNET LAN SWITCH LEARNING