1. FAST ETHERNET
1.1. Designed to compete with other LAN protocols such as FDDI or Fiber Channel
1.1.1. MAC SUBLAYER
1.1.1.1. Access method - Half duplex with CSMA/CD
1.1.1.2. New feature added - Autonegotiation
1.1.1.2.1. Allows two devices to negotiate the mode or data rate of operation
1.1.2. PHYSICAL LAYER
1.1.2.1. Uses Star topology
1.1.2.2. Category
1.1.2.2.1. Two-wire
1.1.2.2.2. Four-wire
1.1.2.3. Two-wire implementation
1.1.2.3.1. Cat 5 UTP cable
1.1.2.3.2. FIber-optic cable
1.1.2.4. Four-wire implementation
1.1.2.4.1. Cat 3 UTP
1.1.2.5. Common Fast Ethernet Implementations
1.1.2.5.1. 100Base-TX
1.1.2.5.2. 100Base-FX
1.1.2.5.3. 100Base-T4
2. GIGABIT ETHERNET
2.1. Design of the Gigabit Ethernet Protocol makes the need for an even higher data rate
2.1.1. MAC SUBLAYER
2.1.1.1. Medium Access
2.1.1.1.1. Half-Duplex using CSMA/CD
2.1.1.1.2. Full-Duplex without CSMA/CD (no collision)
2.1.1.2. To Improve efficiency, frame bursting was proposed
2.1.2. PHYSICAL LAYER
2.1.2.1. Uses Star topology
2.1.2.2. Category
2.1.2.2.1. Two-wire
2.1.2.2.2. Four-wire
2.1.2.3. Two-wire implementation
2.1.2.3.1. Fiber-optic cable
2.1.2.4. Four-wire implementation
2.1.2.4.1. Cat 5 Twisted-pair cable
2.1.2.5. Gigabit Ethernet Implementations
2.1.2.5.1. 1000Base-SX
2.1.2.5.2. 1000Base-LX
2.1.2.5.3. 1000Base-CX
2.1.2.5.4. 1000Base-T
3. IEEE STANDARD
3.1. Project 802
3.1.1. To set standards to enable intercommunication
3.1.2. A way of specifying functions of the physical layer and the data link layer
4. STANDARD ETHERNET
4.1. Data Link Layer
4.1.1. Logical Link Control (LLC)
4.1.1.1. Responsible for :-
4.1.1.1.1. Flow control
4.1.1.1.2. Error control
4.1.1.1.3. Part of the framing duties
4.1.2. Media Access Control (MAC)
4.1.2.1. The operation of the CSMA/CD method and framing
4.1.2.2. MAC SUBLAYER
4.1.2.2.1. Frame Format
4.1.2.2.2. Frame Length
4.1.2.2.3. Addressing
4.1.2.3. PHYSICAL LAYER
4.1.2.3.1. 10Base5 (Bus, Thick Coaxial)
4.1.2.3.2. 10Base2 (Bus, Thin Coaxial)
4.1.2.3.3. 10Base-T (Star, UTP)
4.1.2.3.4. 10Base-F (Star, Fiber)
5. TEN-GIGABIT ETHERNET
5.1. Called 802.3ae
5.1.1. MAC SUBLAYER
5.1.1.1. Operates
5.1.1.1.1. Full duplex mode
5.1.1.1.2. CSMA/CD is not used
5.1.2. PHYSICAL LAYER
5.1.2.1. Designed for using fiber-optic cable over long distance