July 2020
Beginner
736 pages
20h 8m
English
Ethernet Switching
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:
How are the Ethernet sublayers related to the frame fields?
What is an Ethernet MAC address?
How does a switch build its MAC address table and forward frames?
What are the available switch forwarding methods and port settings on Layer 2 switch ports?
This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the glossary at the end of the book.
contention-based access method page 237
cyclic redundancy check (CRC) page 239