thernet physical layer data link layer

LAN cable cable

10 Mega bits per second (Mbps), 100 Mbps, 1000 Mbps (1
Giga bits per second, Gbps) Ethernet
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
Fiber-Optic cable
physical layer cable
Ethernet data link layer layer
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Layer Media Access Control (MAC) sub layer (802.3 ) Logical
Link Control (LLC) sub layer (802.2 )
UTP Ethernet LAN Ethernet network interface card
computers Ethernet hub Ethernet switch hub switch
computer UTP cable

Ethernet Addressing

Ethernet LAN addressing LAN device device

address Address hexadecimal hexa
digit 4 set 3 6 byte
Unicast Ethernet address Ethernet frame address
address 24 IEEE
Organizationally Unique Ldentifier
(OUI) card hexa digits
card hexa number assign
Group addressing N/C card address IEEE
Group address Broadcast address hexadecimal number
FFFF.FFFF.FFFF network device Multicast
address LAN network device 0100.sexx.xxxx
hexadecimal number
LAN MAC address address

1.

MAC (Media Access Control)

802.3 IEEE ethernet MAC sublayer

2.

Ethernet/NIC/LAN address

MAC address 6 byte NIC card address

3.

Burned-in address (BIA) or Universally administered address (UAA)

Card card rom 6 byte address

4.

Unicast address
LAN card address

5.

multicast address

network device process

Network data bit string device bit string

bit frame

Ethernet Frame IEEE 802.3 Header Trailer fields

1.

7byte Preamble field data synchronization

2.

SFD Start Frame Delimiter Field field MAC address

1 byte
3.

Frame MAC address Destination field 6 byte

4.

Source field 6 byte frame address

5.

Frame data length 2 byte length field 1536

6.

Frame protocol 2 byte Type field

Type lenght field Frame type field

lenght field
7.

Data and Pad field layer 3 IP packet data 46 byte 1500

byte IEEE 802.3

8.

Frame network error Frame

Frame Check Sequence error

recover error frame