Chapter 3 Ethernet Basics Flashcards
What standard is Ethernet defined by
802.3
What part of the ethernet frame tells the host that a frame is coming
Preamble
What part of the frame holds the end destination or endpoint
Destination Mac address
What part of the frame holds the information of where the frame came from
Source mac address
What part of the frame is used to check for errors
Frame check sum
What is a jumbo frame
Ethernet frames with more than 1500 bytes up to 9000 bytes
What is a MTU (Maximum transmission unit
The maximum amount of data that can be carried in a frame
What is the colored wires sequence in a TIA/EIA-568 B standard
Striped orange, solid orange, striped green, solid blue, striped blue, solid green, striped brown, solid brown
What is the colored wires sequence in a TIA/EIA-568 A standard
Striped green, solid green, striped orange, solid blue, striped blue, solid orange, striped brown, solid brown
What is a straight through cable
a cable that has either 568 A or 568 B on both ends of the cable
What is a crossover cable
A cable that has 568 A on one side and 568 B on the other side
When should you use a straight through cable
When connecting different devices to each other
When should you use a crossover cable
when you are connecting two devices of the same type i.e router to router
What is Carrier sense multiple access/ collision detection (CSMA/CD)
a network protocol for carrier transmission that operates in the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. It senses or listens whether the shared channel for transmission is busy or not, and defers transmissions until the channel is free.
What is a collision
When two host start talking at once
