Chapter 4 - The Current Ethernet Specifications

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Describe the network scenario caused by having one Collision Domain. One device sends a packet on the network segment and forces every other device to pay attention to it.
What physical devices create a broadcast domain boundary. Switches and Repeaters
Describe what the Jam signal does in the CSMA/CD protocol. Causes all hosts in the segment to stop sending data.
What happens if a collision keeps occurring after 15 tries in the CSMA/CD protocol? The host attempting to transmit times out.
How many wire pair(s) do you use for half-duplex? 1 wire pair
How many wire pair do you use for full-duplex? 2 wire pair.
How many bits in a nibble? 4 bits
How many bits in a byte? 8 bits
Name two things Ethernet at the Data Link layer is responsible for? 1. Ethernet Addressing or Hardware/MAC addressing. 2. Framing packets from the Network Layer and prepping for transmission on the local media.
Convert Hex value of D to Decimal 13
Convert Binary value of 1001 to Decimal 9
Convert Decimal value of 15 to Binary 1111
Convert Decimal value of 224 into Binary 11100000
Convert Binary value of 11110001 into decimal 241
Convert binary value of 10101111 into hex AF
What is the OUI of a MAC address? A value assigned by IEEE to an organization. Organizationally Unique Identifier
How many bits are in a MAC address? 48 bits
What if the IG bit is set to 1 on a MAC address? It is a broadcast or multicast address.
What if the GL bit on a MAC address is set to 0? It is a globally administered address.
What is it called when you combine two or more network interfaces for redundancy and/or increased throughput? Channel Bonding
What IEEE number is used for 10Mbps network that runs on coax,twisted pair, or fiber. 802.3
What type of Ethernet is IEEE 802.3u Fastethernet 100Mb
What IEEE number is used to describe Gigabit Ethernet on Cat5+ 802.3ab
What IEEE number is used to describe 10Gpbs over fiber and coax? 802.3ae
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