KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
- History of Ethernet
- Building the First Ethernet
- DEC, Intel, and Xerox Standardized Ethernet
- 3Com Productizes Ethernet
- The History of 10BASE-T
- Ethernet Switching and Full-Duplex Emerge
- Fast Ethernet Emerges
- The Future of High-Speed Communications
- The Contenders
- Migration Issues
- Comparing the Technologies
- Fiber Distributed Date Interface (FDDI)
- FDDI II
- Fibre Channel
- HIPPI
- TCNS
- ATM
- Iso-Ethernet
- Switched Ethernet
- 100BASE-T/Fast Ethernet
- 100VG-AnyLAN
- Switched Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Standards
- Ethernet and the OSI Model
- 10-Mbps Ethernet MAC and PHY Standards
- 100BASE-T/Fast Ethernet
- Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Repeaters
- Ethernet Switching Standards
- Future Ethernet Enhancements
- Cabling
- Current 568 Cabling Standards
- The 100BASE-T Cabling Standards
- Importing Considerations for New and Existing Installations
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- Bandwidth: How Much is Enough?
- How to Tell if Your Network is Overloaded
- Why Ethernet is Running Out of Bandwidth
- The Building Blocks: Switched and Fast Ethernet
- Building Blocks Defined
- Network Interface Cards
- Workgroup Components
- Interconnect Components
- Deploying Switched and Fast Ethernet
- General Rules of Deployment
- Step 1: Adding 10-Mbps Switches to Your Current Network
- Step 2: First Deployment of Fast Ethernet
- Step 3: Converting Workgroups to Fast Ethernet
- Step 4: Converting the BAckbone to Switched and Fast Ethernet
- Step 5: Completing the Switched and Fast Ethernet Environment
- Deployment Examples
- Managing Switched and Fast Ethernet Networks
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- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Products: Hardware and Software
- Troubleshooting Techniques in a Shared Environment
- How Troubleshooting Differs in a Switched Environment
- How Troubleshooting Differs for Fast Ethernet
- Integrating ATM into Your Ethernet Network
- Overview of this Chapter
- Using ATM Today
- Classification of ATM products
- Implementing ATM with Switched and Fast Ethernet
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