Local Area Networks:Ethernet

Three generations of Ethernet

Traditional EthernetTraditional Ethernet

MAC Sublayer

Physical Layer

Physical Layer Implementation

Switched Ethernet

Bridged Ethernet

Full-Duplex Ethernet

802.3 MAC frame

Minimum and maximum length

Ethernet addresses in hexadecimal notation

Unicast and multicast addresses

Physical layer

PLS

AUI

MAU (transceiver)

Categories of traditional Ethernet

Connection of a station to the medium using 10Base5

Connection of stations to the medium using 10Base2

Connection of stations to the medium using 10Base-T

Connection of stations to the medium using 10Base-FL

Sharing bandwidth

A network with and without a bridge

Collision domains in a no bridged and bridged network

Switched Ethernet

Full-duplex switched Ethernet

Fast EthernetFast Ethernet

MAC Sublayer

Physical Layer

Physical Layer Implementation

Fast Ethernet physical layer

MII

Fast Ethernet implementations

100Base-TX implementation

Encoding and decoding in 100Base-TX

100Base-FX implementation

Encoding and decoding in 100Base-FX

100Base-T4 implementation

Using four wires in 100Base-T4

Gigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet

MAC Sublayer

Physical Layer

Physical Layer Implementation

Physical layer in Gigabit Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet implementations

1000Base-X implementation

Encoding in 1000Base-X

1000Base-T implementation

Encoding in 1000Base-T