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Expl NetFund Chapter 09 Ethernet Part 1 Edited 1 2324
Expl NetFund Chapter 09 Ethernet Part 1 Edited 1 2324
Expl NetFund Chapter 09 Ethernet Part 1 Edited 1 2324
Ethernet
Part I
• Different media
(copper cable,
optical fibre)
• Different bandwidths
(10, 100Mbps
Gigabit, 10Gigabit)
• History:
• First LAN was Ethernet, designed at Xerox.
• 1980: First Ethernet standard published by DIX (Digital,
Intel, Xerox).
• 1985: IEEE modified the Ethernet standard and
published as 802.3.
Ethernet 802.3
CCNA1-9
1000BASE-LX 5000m MM/SM Fiber-SC
Chapter 9-1
Standards and Implementation
CSMA/CD
UTPCoaxial
Cable with
Cable
RJ45
CCNA1-14 Chapter 9-1
Legacy Ethernet
Hub Switch
New networking
services require high
bandwidth LANs.
Ethernet Frame
Header Trailer
CCNA1-23 Chapter 9-1
Encapsulating the Packet
• 48 bits in length.
• Expressed as
12 hexadecimal
digits.
• The OUI and the sequential number ensure that the assigned
MAC addresses remain unique.
Bit No. 3 2 1 0
NIBBLE:
Value 8 4 2 1
Bit No. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
BYTE:
Value 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
WORD:
Bit No. 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Value 32,768 16 8 4 2 1
Hex 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
Decimal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Value 8 4 2 1
Bit No. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Value 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Ethernet MAC
CSMA/CD
• Collisions are the cost that Ethernet pays to get the low
overhead associated with each transmission.
CCNA1-52
Collision! Chapter 9-1
CSMA/CD: The Process