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Chapter 5: Ethernet

  • 5.0 Ethernet
    • 5.0.1 Introduction
      • 5.0.1.1 Introduction
      • 5.0.1.2 Activity – Join My Social Circle!
  • 5.1 Ethernet Protocol
    • 5.1.1 Ethernet Operation
      • 5.1.1.1 LLC and MAC Sublayers
      • 5.1.1.2 MAC Sublayer
      • 5.1.1.3 Media Access Control
      • 5.1.1.4 MAC Address: Ethernet Identity
      • 5.1.1.5 Frame Processing
      • 5.1.1.6 Activity - MAC and LLC Sublayers
    • 5.1.2 Ethernet Frame Attributes
      • 5.1.2.1 Ethernet Encapsulation
      • 5.1.2.2 Ethernet Frame Size
      • 5.1.2.3 Introduction to the Ethernet Frame
      • 5.1.2.4 Activity - Ethernet Frame Fields
    • 5.1.3 Ethernet MAC
      • 5.1.3.1 MAC Addresses and Hexadecimal
      • 5.1.3.2 MAC Address Representations
      • 5.1.3.3 Unicast MAC Address
      • 5.1.3.4 Broadcast MAC Address
      • 5.1.3.5 Multicast MAC Address
      • 5.1.3.6 Lab - Viewing Network Device MAC Addresses
    • 5.1.4 MAC and IP
      • 5.1.4.1 MAC and IP
      • 5.1.4.2 End-to-End Connectivity, MAC, and IP
      • 5.1.4.3 Lab - Using Wireshark to Examine Ethernet Frames
      • 5.1.4.4 Packet Tracer - Identify MAC and IP Addresses
  • 5.2 Address Resolution Protocol
    • 5.2.1 ARP
      • 5.2.1.1 Introduction to ARP
      • 5.2.1.2 ARP Functions
      • 5.2.1.3 ARP Operation
      • 5.2.1.4 ARP Role in Remote Communication
      • 5.2.1.5 Removing Entries from an ARP Table
      • 5.2.1.6 ARP Tables on Networking Devices
      • 5.2.1.7 Packet Tracer - Examine the ARP Table
      • 5.2.1.8 Lab - Observing ARP with the Windows CLI, IOS CLI, and Wireshark
    • 5.2.2 ARP Issues
      • 5.2.2.1 How ARP Can Create Problems
      • 5.2.2.2 Mitigating ARP Problems
  • 5.3 LAN Switches
    • 5.3.1 Switching
      • 5.3.1.1 Switch Port Fundamentals
      • 5.3.1.2 Switch MAC Address Table
      • 5.3.1.3 Duplex Settings
      • 5.3.1.4 Auto-MDIX
      • 5.3.1.5 Frame Forwarding Methods on Cisco Switches
      • 5.3.1.6 Cut-Through Switching
      • 5.3.1.7 Activity - Frame Forwarding Methods
      • 5.3.1.8 Memory Buffering on Switches
      • 5.3.1.9 Activity - Switch It!
      • 5.3.1.10 Lab - Viewing the Switch MAC Address Table
    • 5.3.2 Fixed or Modular
      • 5.3.2.1 Fixed versus Modular Configuration
      • 5.3.2.2 Module Options for Cisco Switch Slots
    • 5.3.3 Layer 3 Switching
      • 5.3.3.1 Layer 2 versus Layer 3 Switching
      • 5.3.3.2 Cisco Express Forwarding
      • 5.3.3.3 Types of Layer 3 Interfaces
      • 5.3.3.4 Configuring a Routed Port on a Layer 3 Switch
      • 5.3.3.5 Packet Tracer - Configure Layer 3 Switches
  • 5.4 Summary
    • 5.4.1 Summary
      • 5.4.1.1 Activity - MAC and Choose…
      • 5.4.1.2 Summary
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