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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of This Book | |
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| Ethernet Origins | |
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| The First Generation: 10 Mb/s Ethernet | |
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| Overview | |
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| Media Access Control Frame Format | |
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| Functional Overview of the 802.3 Model | |
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| Operation of an Ethernet Node | |
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| Repeater Definition | |
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| Bridge Definition | |
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| Router Definition | |
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| Media and Topology Options | |
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| Management | |
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| Technology Advantages of 10BASE-T | |
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| User Benefits of 10BASE-T | |
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| The Second Generation: 100 Mb/s and Switched Ethernet | |
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| Overview | |
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| Functional Overview of the 802.3u Standard Suite | |
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| Media and Topology Options | |
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| Switched Ethernet | |
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| Full Duplex and Flow Control | |
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| VLAN Tagging | |
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| 10/100 Mb/s Capable Devices | |
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| The Third Generation: 1000 Mb/s (Gigabit) | |
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| Overview | |
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| Layer 3 Switch Definition | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet Technology: Introduction | |
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| Gigabit MAC Operation | |
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| Full-Duplex Operation | |
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| Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) and Gigabit Medium-Independent Interface (GMII) (Clause 35) | |
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| Physical-Layer Technology | |
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| Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) (Clause 36) | |
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| Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) Sublayer (Clause 36) | |
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| Auto-Negotiation for 1000BASE-X (Clause 37) | |
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| Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) Sublayer (Clauses 38, 39) | |
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| Repeater Operation (Clause 41) | |
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| Topology (Clause 42) | |
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| Management (Clause 30) | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet Applications | |
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| Networking Evolution | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet Meets the Challenge | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet Migration | |
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| Switched or Shared 100 Mb/s Ethernet and FDDI Upgrade | |
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| Shared, Switched and Routed Networks | |
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| Layer 3 Switching | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet vs. Other Technologies | |
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| Looking to the Future | |
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| Overview | |
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| Industry Trends and Technologies | |
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| Network Challenges to Support Gigabit Ethernet | |
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| Scaling Gigabit Ethernet | |
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| Summary | |
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| Appendix A | |
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| 802.3 Document Cross Reference | |
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| Section/Clause Cross Reference | |
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| Appendix B | |
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| 802.3 Ethernet Frame and Address Formats | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |