Ethernet

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 Objectives
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
 Describe the operation of the Ethernet sublayers.
 Identify the major fields of the Ethernet frame.
 Describe the purpose and characteristics of the Ethernet MAC address.
 Describe the purpose of ARP.

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 Ethernet Operation
LLC and MAC Sublayers (cont.)

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Ethernet Operation
MAC Sublayer

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 Ethernet Operation
Media Access Control (cont.)

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 Ethernet Operation
MAC Address: Ethernet Identity

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 Ethernet Frame Attributes
Ethernet Encapsulation

Comparison of 802.3 and Ethernet II Frame Structures and Field Size

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 Ethernet Frame Attributes
Ethernet Frame Size (cont.)

The figure displays the fields contained in the 802.1Q VLAN tag

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 Ethernet Frame Attributes
Introduction to the Ethernet Frame

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Ethernet MAC
MAC Addresses and Hexadecimal

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 Ethernet MAC
MAC Address Representations

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 Ethernet MAC
Unicast MAC Address

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 Ethernet MAC
Broadcast MAC Address

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 Ethernet MAC
Multicast MAC Address

Multicast MAC address is a Range of IPV4 multicast

special value that begins with addresses is 224.0.0.0 to
01-00-5E in hexadecimal 239.255.255.255

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 Ethernet MAC
End-to-End Connectivity, MAC, and IP

IP Packet Encapsulated in an Ethernet Frame

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 Protocolo ARP Address Resolution Protocol

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 ARP Operation

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ARP
ARP Operation (cont.)

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 ARP
ARP Operation (cont.)

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 ARP
ARP Operation (cont.)

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ARP
ARP Functions/Operation (cont.)

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ARP
ARP Tables on Networking Devices

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 Switching
Switch MAC Address Table

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 Switching
Switch MAC Address Table (cont.)

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 Switching
Duplex Settings

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 Switching
Auto-MDIX

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 Switching
Frame Forwarding Methods on Cisco Switches

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 Switching
Cut-through Switching

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 Switching
Memory Buffering on Switches

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 Fixed or Modular
Fixed versus Modular Configuration (cont.)

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 Fixed or Modular
Module Options for Cisco Switch Slots

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Layer 3 Switching
Layer 2 versus Layer 3 Switching

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 Summary
 Ethernet is the most widely used LAN technology used today.
 Ethernet standards define both the Layer 2 protocols and the Layer 1
technologies.
 The Ethernet frame structure adds headers and trailers around the
Layer 3 PDU to encapsulate the message being sent.
 As an implementation of the IEEE 802.2/3 standards, the Ethernet
frame provides MAC addressing and error checking.
 Replacing hubs with switches in the local network has reduced the
probability of frame collisions in half-duplex links.
 The Layer 2 addressing provided by Ethernet supports unicast,
multicast, and broadcast communications.
 Ethernet uses the Address Resolution Protocol to determine the MAC
addresses of destinations and map them against known Network layer
addresses.
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