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Cisco CCENT ICND1 100-101 Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack
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Cisco CCENT ICND1 100-101 Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack

by Eric Rivard
July 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
496 pages
6h 10m
English
Cisco Press
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Section 3. Understanding Ethernet and Switch Operations

Ethernet is the technology of choice for today’s LANs. It is fast, has low costs, and is easy to maintain. Today’s Ethernet standards support speeds of 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 40 Gbps.

Ethernet functions at Layers 1 and 2 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. As such, Ethernet standards specify cabling, signaling, and data link layer addressing.

Because most LANs use Ethernet as the primary Layer 2 technology, most switches today are Ethernet switches. This section covers the fundamentals of Ethernet technologies and describes how switches operate.

Question 1

What does BASE mean in 100BASE-T and 1000BASE-T?

Answer 1

BASE in 100BASE-T and 1000BASE-T refers to ...

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