Chapter 4. Ethernet Technology
After completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:
What are the characteristics of Ethernet networks, in terms of media access, collisions domains, broadcast domains, and distance/speed limitations of various Ethernet standards?
Ethernet switches perform what functions? How are these functions related to VLANs, trunks, Spanning Tree Protocol, link aggregation, Power over Ethernet, port monitoring, user authentication, and first-hop redundancy?
Odds are, when you are working with local area networks (LANs), you are working with Ethernet as the Layer 1 technology. Back in the mid-1990s, there was tremendous competition between technologies such as Ethernet, Token Ring, and Fiber ...
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