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    IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet

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    IEEE 802.3 is the original standard for Ethernet that defines the physical and data link layers. It standardized classic Ethernet with data rates up to 10 Mbps using baseband transmission over various media like coaxial cable and fiber. Switched Ethernet improved on this using switches to connect stations and allow full bandwidth utilization. Popular IEEE 802.3 versions standardized 10 Mbps Ethernet over thick coaxial cable, thin coaxial cable, twisted pair copper wires, and fiber optic cables. The classic Ethernet frame format includes fields for preamble, destination/source addresses, length, data, padding, and CRC.

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    IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet

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    IEEE 802.3 is the original standard for Ethernet that defines the physical and data link layers. It standardized classic Ethernet with data rates up to 10 Mbps using baseband transmission over various media like coaxial cable and fiber. Switched Ethernet improved on this using switches to connect stations and allow full bandwidth utilization. Popular IEEE 802.3 versions standardized 10 Mbps Ethernet over thick coaxial cable, thin coaxial cable, twisted pair copper wires, and fiber optic cables. The classic Ethernet frame format includes fields for preamble, destination/source addresses, length, data, padding, and CRC.

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    IEEE 802.3 is the original standard for Ethernet that defines the physical and data link layers. It standardized classic Ethernet with data rates up to 10 Mbps using baseband transmission over various media like coaxial cable and fiber. Switched Ethernet improved on this using switches to connect stations and allow full bandwidth utilization. Popular IEEE 802.3 versions standardized 10 Mbps Ethernet over thick coaxial cable, thin coaxial cable, twisted pair copper wires, and fiber optic cables. The classic Ethernet frame format includes fields for preamble, destination/source addresses, length, data, padding, and CRC.

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    IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet

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    IEEE 802.3 is the original standard for Ethernet that defines the physical and data link layers. It standardized classic Ethernet with data rates up to 10 Mbps using baseband transmission over various media like coaxial cable and fiber. Switched Ethernet improved on this using switches to connect stations and allow full bandwidth utilization. Popular IEEE 802.3 versions standardized 10 Mbps Ethernet over thick coaxial cable, thin coaxial cable, twisted pair copper wires, and fiber optic cables. The classic Ethernet frame format includes fields for preamble, destination/source addresses, length, data, padding, and CRC.

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    The key takeaways are that Ethernet is a set of technologies and protocols used in LANs standardized by IEEE 802.3. It defines the physical and MAC sublayers. Ethernet can be classic using repeaters or switched using switches for full bandwidth utilization.

    The main components of an Ethernet frame are the preamble, start of frame delimiter, destination address, source address, length, data, padding, and CRC.

    The different types of Ethernet are classic Ethernet using repeaters providing 3-10 Mbps and switched Ethernet using switches.

    IEEE 802.

    3 and Ethernet

    Ethernet is a set of technologies and protocols that are used primarily in LANs. It was first standardized in
    1980s by IEEE 802.3 standard. IEEE 802.3 defines the physical layer and the medium access control (MAC)
    sub-layer of the data link layer for wired Ethernet networks. Ethernet is classified into two categories: classic
    Ethernet and switched Ethernet.

    Classic Ethernet is the original form of Ethernet that provides data rates between 3 to 10 Mbps. The varieties
    are commonly referred as 10BASE-X. Here, 10 is the maximum throughput, i.e. 10 Mbps, BASE denoted use
    of baseband transmission, and X is the type of medium used. Most varieties of classic Ethernet have become
    obsolete in present communication scenario.

    A switched Ethernet uses switches to connect to the stations in the LAN. It replaces the repeaters used in
    classic Ethernet and allows full bandwidth utilization.

    IEEE 802.3 Popular Versions


    There are a number of versions of IEEE 802.3 protocol. The most popular ones are -

    IEEE 802.3: This was the original standard given for 10BASE-5. It used a thick single coaxial cable
    into which a connection can be tapped by drilling into the cable to the core. Here, 10 is the maximum
    throughput, i.e. 10 Mbps, BASE denoted use of baseband transmission, and 5 refers to the maximum
    segment length of 500m.

    IEEE 802.3a: This gave the standard for thin coax (10BASE-2), which is a thinner variety where the
    segments of coaxial cables are connected by BNC connectors. The 2 refers to the maximum segment
    length of about 200m (185m to be precise).

    IEEE 802.3i: This gave the standard for twisted pair (10BASE-T) that uses unshielded twisted pair
    (UTP) copper wires as physical layer medium. The further variations were given by IEEE 802.3u for
    100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T4 and 100BASE-FX.

    IEEE 802.3i: This gave the standard for Ethernet over Fiber (10BASE-F) that uses fiber optic cables
    as medium of transmission.

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    Frame Format of Classic Ethernet and IEEE 802.3
    The main fields of a frame of classic Ethernet are -

    Preamble: It is the starting field that provides alert and timing pulse for transmission. In case of classic
    Ethernet it is an 8 byte field and in case of IEEE 802.3 it is of 7 bytes.

    Start of Frame Delimiter: It is a 1 byte field in a IEEE 802.3 frame that contains an alternating pattern
    of ones and zeros ending with two ones.

    Destination Address: It is a 6 byte field containing physical address of destination stations.

    Source Address: It is a 6 byte field containing the physical address of the sending station.

    Length: It a 7 bytes field that stores the number of bytes in the data field.

    Data: This is a variable sized field carries the data from the upper layers. The maximum size of data
    field is 1500 bytes.

    Padding: This is added to the data to bring its length to the minimum requirement of 46 bytes.

    CRC: CRC stands for cyclic redundancy check. It contains the error detection information.

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