Chapter 2: LAN Media

Outline:

Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
2.1 Legacy Media Types
2.1.1 Legacy Ethernet
2.1.2 CSMA/CD
2.1.3 Ethernet addressing
2.1.4 Unicast frames
2.1.5 Broadcast frames
2.1.6 Multicast frames
2.1.7 LAN frames and hex values
2.2 Fast Ethernet
2.2.1 10-Mbps vs. 100-Mbps
2.2.2 Full Duplex and Half Duplex
2.2.3 100BASE-TX
2.2.4 100BASE-T4
2.2.5 100BASE-FX
2.2.6 Practical considerations before moving to Fast Ethernet
2.3 Gigabit Ethernet
2.3.1 Specifications
2.3.2 Gigabit architecture
2.3.3 Full Duplex and Half Duplex support
2.3.4  Gigabit media options
2.4 Determining Bandwidth Needs
2.4.1 Determining bandwidth needs
2.4.2 Gathering user statistics
2.4.3 Gathering traffic statistics
2.4.4 Determining the access-layer requirements
2.4.5 Determining the distribution-layer requirements
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz