Lab 5 will introduce switch management of Ethernet addresses for forwarding and filtering decisions. Understanding everything about Ethernet is critical to passing the CCNA® exam. There is a lot of quality information about Ethernet available on the Internet, and we will not try to reinvent very good wheels that are already turning. If you have a CCNA® study guide such as Cisco's or Sybex's books, they also have excellent discussions of Ethernet.
We have included our high level discussion of Ethernet addressing.
We also recommend
Wikipedia - 10Base5
Wikipedia - 10Base2
Wikipedia - 10BaseT
Collision domains and CSMA-CD (Collision domains are back by popular demand! Included free of charge in every wireless network! Sort of.) Here are documents used at Hedgehog Tech on these subjects. These are intended for people with little experience with Ethernet broadcasts and collisions.
Broadcast domains
Collision Domains
