Chapter 3: Protocol Overview

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3.1 Network Services
3.1.1 Reliable vs. unreliable services
3.1.2 Connection-oriented services
3.1.3 Connectionless services
3.1.4 Connection services and the OSI Model
3.1.5 Sample TCP connection sequence
3.2 Layer 2 Protocol Overview - LAN Protocols
3.2.1 Brief history of Ethernet
3.2.2 Ethernet vs. IEEE 802.3
3.2.3 Ethernet frame fields and Ethernet troubleshooting
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3.2.4 IEEE 802.5
3.2.5 Token Ring access method
3.2.6 Token Ring frame types and frame fields
3.2.7 Troubleshooting Token Ring
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3.2.8 Fiber distributed data interface
3.2.9 FDDI access method
3.2.10 FDDI troubleshooting
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3.3 Layer 2 Protocol Overview - WAN Protocols
3.3.1 SDLC/HDLC
3.3.2 SDLC Frame Format
3.3.3 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
3.3.4 PPP frame format
3.3.5 X.25
3.3.6 Frame Relay
3.3.7 Frame Relay frame format
3.3.8 Integrated services digital network
3.3.9 ISDN components and reference points
3.3.10 ISDN frame format
3.3.11 Asynchronous transfer mode
3.3.12 ATM  cell format