Chapter 5: Ethernet

Chapter 5: Ethernet

1. 5.1 Ethernet Protocol

   • 5.1.1 Ethernet Frame
     • Encapsulation
     • MAC Sublayer
     • Ethernet Evolution
     • Ethernet Frame Fields
   • 5.1.2 MAC Addresses
     • MAC Address and Hexadecimal
     • Ethernet Identity
     • Frame Processing
     • MAC Addressing
     • Unicast MAC Addresses
     • Broadcast MAC Addresses
     • Multicast MAC Addresses

2. 5.2 LAN Switching

   • 5.2.1 MAC Address Table
     • Switch Fundamentals
     • Learning MAC Addresses
     • Filtering Frames
   • 5.2.2 Cut Through Switching
     • Memory Buffering
     • Frame forwarding methods on switches
   • 5.2.3 Duplex and Speed settings
     • Auto MDIX

3. 5.3 Address Resolution Protocol

   • 5.3.1 MAC and IP
     • Destination on the same network
     • Destination on a remote network

4. 5.3.2 ARP

   • ARP Functions
   • Removing ARP Entries
   • ARP Tables

5. 5.3.3 ARP Issues

   • ARP Broadcast
   • ARP Spoofing