Ethernet Flashcards
10Base-T ethernet
Unshielded twisted pair
10Mbps
100 meters
Deterministic access
Requires electronic token to transmit (token ring)
Contention-based access
Chaotic
Transmit whenever you want (Ethernet)
CSMA/CD access
Carrier Sense multiple Access/Collision Detect
Listening to wire, talk when there is an open gap
Collision domains
Every device on the same cable or hub
Ethernet speed
10 Mbps
Fast Ethernet speed
100 Mbps
Gigabit Ethernet speed
1 Gbps
Bandwidth
How many bits the network can transmit in 1 second
VLAN
Virtual LAN
Allows different logical networks to share the same physical hardware
VLAN trunking
802.1q
multiple VLANs transmitted over the same physical cable
STP
Spanning Tree Protocol
802.1D
Prevents looping of network traffic
Broadcast storm
Switches forward duplicate frame to each other
Eventually network is consumed by initial frame
Root bridge
Switch to act as reference point in spanning tree
Lowest bridge ID (BID)
Root port
Port on non-root bridge closest to root bridge in terms of cost
Designated port
Each network segment has a designated port
Closest to root bridge in terms of cost
All ports on root bridge are designated ports
Non-designated port
Block traffic to create loop free topology
Can transition to a forwarding state if failure detected
4 states of non-designated port becoming active
Blocking
Listening
Learning
Forwarding
Link cost
Lower speed = higher cost