TechFest Ethernet Technical Summary

Table of Contents

1.1 What is Ethernet?
1.2 The History of Ethernet
1.3 Ethernet Standards

2.1 Frame Format
2.2 Interframe Gap
2.3 Frame Format Extensions
2.3.1 VLAN Tagging
2.3.2 Extension Field
2.3.3 Frame Bursting
2.3.4 Jumbo Frames

3.1 Half-Duplex Ethernet (CSMA/CD Access Protocol)
3.1.1 Slot Time
3.1.2 Backoff
3.1.3 Capture Effect
3.2 Full-Duplex Ethernet
3.2.1 PAUSE Frames
3.2.2 Link Aggregation

4.1 Physical Layer Summary
4.2 10 Mb/s Physical Layers
4.2.1 10Base5
4.2.2 10Base2
4.2.3 10Base-T
4.2.4 10Broad36
4.2.5 FIORL
4.2.6 10Base-F
4.2.7 10Base-FL
4.2.8 10Base-FB
4.2.9 10Base-FP
4.3 100 Mb/s Physical Layers
4.3.1 100Base-T
4.3.2 100Base-X
4.3.3 100Base-TX
4.3.4 100Base-FX
4.3.5 100Base-T4
4.3.6 100Base-T2
4.4 1000 Mb/s Physical Layers
4.4.1 1000Base-X
4.4.2 1000Base-LX
4.4.3 1000Base-SX
4.4.4 1000Base-CX
4.4.5 1000Base-T

5.1 Twisted Pair Cabling
5.1.1 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
5.1.2 Screened Twisted Pair (ScTP)
5.1.3 Shielded Twisted Pair (STP)

5.2 Coaxial Cabling
5.2.1 Thicknet
5.2.2 Thinnet
5.2.3 CATV
5.2.4 Twinax

5.3 Fiber Optic Cabling
5.3.1 Multi-mode Fiber (MMF)
5.3.2 Single-mode Fiber (SMF)

5.4 Ethernet Connectors
5.4.1 RJ-45
5.4.2 AUI
5.4.3 MII

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