8 Router and switch interfaces
This chapter covers
- How to configure interfaces and verify their status
- Interface speed and duplex settings
- Using autonegotiation to automatically determine an interface’s speed and duplex
- Errors that can occur when sending and receiving messages over a network
In chapter 7, we looked at how to configure IP addresses on and enable router interfaces. In this chapter, we will dig deeper into the topic of interfaces and how they operate. Whereas the previous chapter covered how to configure IP addresses on interfaces (a Layer 3 concept), this chapter will focus primarily on Layer 1 concepts, such as how to configure the speed at which an interface can send and receive data. Specifically, we will cover the following ...
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