Chapter 5. Ethernet

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

Image What is the function of each of the Ethernet sublayers?

Image What are the characteristics and purpose of the Ethernet MAC address?

Image How does an Ethernet switch build its MAC address table and how is it used to forward frames?

Image What are the ...

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