5.8 Module 8 -- Ethernet Switching
5.8 Module 8 -- Ethernet Switching
Hubs and repeaters are obsolete
Switches
Bridges are two port switches
Store and forward & Cut through
Content-addressable memory (CAM) table vs. linked list search
Switch latency
Switch aggregate throughput
Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) (Wikipedia:
Spanning_tree_protocol
)
Collisions & collision domains.
Broadcasts & broadcast domains. Broadcast LAN problems.
Hubs/Repeaters -- Layer 1 -- No Address
Switches/Bridges -- Layer 2 -- MAC Addresses
Routers -- Layer 3 -- IP Addresses
Instructor: Louis Taber,
louis.taber.at.pima at gmail dot com
(520) 206-6850
My web
site
in
Cleveland
,
OH
The
Pima Community College
web site
5.8 Module 8 -- Ethernet Switching