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Chapter 6 Exercises

1. Unicast addresses identify a single station, multicast addresses identify a group of stations, and broadcast addresses identify all stations. 2. Bridges can divide Ethernet LANs to raise bandwidth and separate collision domains. 3. Standard Ethernet has a data rate of 10 Mbps, Fast Ethernet is 100 Mbps, Gigabit Ethernet is 1 Gbps, and Ten-Gigabit Ethernet is 10 Gbps.

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Chapter 6 Exercises

1. Unicast addresses identify a single station, multicast addresses identify a group of stations, and broadcast addresses identify all stations. 2. Bridges can divide Ethernet LANs to raise bandwidth and separate collision domains. 3. Standard Ethernet has a data rate of 10 Mbps, Fast Ethernet is 100 Mbps, Gigabit Ethernet is 1 Gbps, and Ten-Gigabit Ethernet is 10 Gbps.

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Wired LANs: Ethernet exercises

1. What is the difference between a unicast, multicast, and broadcast


address?
Ans:
A multicast address identifies a group of stations; a broadcast address
identifies all stations on the network. A unicast address identifies one
of the addresses in a group.
2. What are the advantages of dividing an Ethernet LAN with a bridge?
Ans:
A bridge can raise the bandwidth and separate collision domains.
3. Compare the data rates for Standard Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit
Ethernet, and Ten-Gigabit Ethernet.
Ans:
The rates are as follows:
Standard Ethernet: 10 Mbps
Fast Ethernet: 100 Mbps
Gigabit Ethernet: 1 Gbps
Ten-Gigabit Ethernet: 10 Gbps
4. What are the common Standard Ethernet implementations?
Ans:
The common Standard Ethernet implementations are 10Base5,
10Base2, 10-Base-T, and 10Base-F.
5. What is the hexadecimal equivalent of the following Ethernet address?
01011010 00010001 01010101 00011000 10101010 00001111
Ans:
We interpret each four-bit pattern as a hexadecimal digit. We then
group the hexadecimal digits with a colon between the pairs:
5A:11:55:18:AA:0F
6. If an Ethernet destination address is 07:01:02:03:04:05, what is the type
of the address (unicast, multicast, or broadcast)?
Ans:
The first byte in binary is 00000111. The least significant bit is 1. This
means that the pattern defines a multicast address.
7. The address 43:7B:6C:DE:10:00 has been shown as the source address
in an Ethernet frame. The receiver has discarded the frame. Why?
Ans:
The first byte in binary is 01000011. The least significant bit is 1. This
means that the pattern defines a multicast address. A multicast address
can be a destination address, but not a source address. Therefore, the
receiver knows that there is an error, and discards the packet.
8. An Ethernet MAC sublayer receives 42 bytes of data from the upper
layer. How many bytes of padding must be added to the data?
Ans:
The minimum data size in the Standard Ethernet is 46 bytes. Therefore,
we need to add 4 bytes of padding to the data (46 − 42 = 4)
9. An Ethernet MAC sublayer receives 1510 bytes of data from the upper
layer. Can the data be encapsulated in one frame? If not, how many
frames need to be sent?
What is the size of the data in each frame?
Ans:
The maximum data size in the Standard Ethernet is 1500 bytes. The
data of 1510 bytes, therefore, must be split between two frames. The
standard dictates that the first frame must carry the maximum possible
number of bytes (1500); the second frame then needs to carry only 10
bytes of data (it requires padding). The following shows the
breakdown:
Data size for the first frame: 1500 bytes
Data size for the second frame: 46 bytes (with padding)

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