| 9.1 Overview of Ethernet |
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| 9.1.1 Ethernet - Standards and Implementation |
| 9.1.2 Ethernet - Layer 1 and Layer 2 |
| 9.1.3 Logical Link Control - Connecting to the Upper Layers |
| 9.1.4 MAC - Getting Data to the Media |
| 9.1.5 Physical IMplementations of Ethernet |
| 9.2 Ethernet - Communication through the LAN |
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| 9.2.1 Historic Ethernet |
| 9.2.2 Ethernet Collision Management |
| 9.2.3 Moving to 1 Gbps and Beyond |
| 9.3 The Ethernet Frame |
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| 9.3.1 The Frame - Encapsulating the Packet |
| 9.3.2 The Ethernet MAC Address |
| 9.3.3 Hexadecimal Numbering and Addressing |
| 9.3.4 Another Layer of Addressing |
| 9.3.5 Ethernet Unicast, Multicast & Broadcast |
| 9.4 Ethernet Media Access Control |
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| 9.4.1 Media Access Control in Ethernet |
| 9.4.2 CSMA/CD - The Process |
| 9.4.3 Ethernet Timing |
| 9.4.4 Interface Spacing and Backoff |
| 9.5 Ethernet Physical Layer |
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| 9.5.1 Overview of Ethernet Physical Layer |
| 9.5.2 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet |
| 9.5.3 1000 Mbps Ethernet |
| 9.5.4 Ethernet - Future Options |
| 9.6 Hubs and Switches |
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| 9.6.1 Legacy Ethernet - Using Hubs |
| 9.6.2 Ethernet - Using Switches |
| 9.6.3 Switches - Selective Forwarding |
| 9.6.4 Ethernet - Comparing Hubs and Switches |
| 9.7 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) |
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| 9.7.1 The ARP Process - Mapping IP to MAC Addresses |
| 9.7.2 The ARP Process - Destinations outside the Local Network |
| 9.7.3 The ARP Process - Removing Address Mappings |
| 9.7.4 ARP Broadcasts - Issues |