Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
1) Describe the operation of the Ethernet sublayers.
2) Identify the major fields of the Ethernet frame.
3) Describe the purpose and characteristics of the Ethernet MAC address.
4) Describe the purpose of ARP.
5) Explain how ARP requests impact network and host performance.
6) Explain basic switching concepts.
7) Compare fixed configuration and modular switches.
8) Configure a Layer 3 switch.