Table of Contents - Chapter 11 |
Extending LANs: Fiber Modems, Repeaters, Bridges, and Switches
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| 11.1 |
Introduction |
159 |
| 11.2 |
Distance Limitation And LAN Design |
159 |
| 11.3 |
Fiber Optic Extensions |
160 |
| 11.4 |
Repeaters |
161 |
| 11.5 |
Bridges |
164 |
| 11.6 |
Frame Filtering |
165 |
| 11.7 |
Startup And Steady State Behavior Of Bridged Networks |
166 |
| 11.8 |
Planning A Bridged Network |
166 |
| 11.9 |
Bridging Between Buildings |
167 |
| 11.10 |
Bridging Across Longer Distances |
168 |
| 11.11 |
A Cycle Of Bridges |
170 |
| 11.12 |
Distributed Spanning Tree |
171 |
| 11.13 |
Switching |
172 |
| 11.14 |
Combining Switches And Hubs |
173 |
| 11.15 |
Bridging And Switching With Other Technologies |
173 |
| 11.16 |
Summary |
174 |
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Exercises |
175 |
