April 2013
Beginner
80 pages
1h 57m
English
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Appendix A. Resources
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Resources for Chapter 1
The formal IEEE standards are a moving target: old versions of the standards are periodically updated, and new standards are often being developed.
Bridging Standards
- The specifications for basic Ethernet bridges are found in the 802.1D standard for MAC bridges
- Published IEEE 802.1 “Bridging and Management” standards
- Active and archived projects for the IEEE 802.1 working group
Ethernet Standards
OSI Model
- The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model describes the set of tasks involved in computer communication as a set of abstraction layers
Ethernet Bridging and the Spanning Tree Protocol
- Cisco IOS Configuration Guide: “Configuring STP and MST”
Cisco white paper: “Understanding Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s)”
- This white paper documents the differences between Cisco’s version of spanning tree, known as “Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+),” and the most recent variation of spanning tree developed by the IEEE, known as “Multiple Spanning Tree.”
Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition), by Radia Perlman. Addison-Wesley. 1999.
- An expert’s insights into network protocols and how networks function, by the ...
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