Chapter 11 Avaya P330 Layer 2 Features
Fast Ethernet
Fast Ethernet is a newer version of Ethernet, supporting data transfer rates of 100 Mbps. Fast Ethernet is sufficiently similar to Ethernet to support the use of most existing Ethernet applications and network management tools. Fast Ethernet is also known as
Fast Ethernet is standardized as IEEE 802.3u.
Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet supports data rates of 1 Gbps. It is also known as
Gigabit Ethernet is standardized as IEEE 802.3z.
Configuring Ethernet Parameters
Auto-negotiation
For Gigabit ports,
Full-Duplex/Half-Duplex
Devices that support
Speed
The IEEE defines three standard speeds for Ethernet: 10, 100 and 1000 Mbps (also known as Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet respectively).
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