Fast Ethernet; Gigabit Ethernet - 3Com Baseline 2816 User Manual

Fast Ethernet

An Ethernet system that is designed to operate at 100
Mbps.

Gigabit Ethernet

An Ethernet system that is designed to operate at 1000
Mbps.
Full Duplex
A system that allows packets to be transmitted and
received at the same time and, in effect, doubles the
potential throughput of a link.
Half Duplex
A system that allows packets to be transmitted and
received, but not at the same time. Half duplex is not
supported for 1000 Mbps. Contrast with full duplex.
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This
American organization was founded in 1963 and sets
standards for computers and communications.
IEEE 802.1D
Specifies a general method for the operation of MAC
bridges, including the Spanning Tree Protocol.
IEEE 802.1Q
VLAN Tagging - Defines Ethernet frame tags which carry
VLAN information. It allows switches to assign
endstations to different virtual LANs, and defines a
standard way for VLANs to communicate across
switched networks.
IEEE 802.1p
An IEEE standard for providing quality of service (QoS) in
Ethernet networks. The standard uses packet tags that
define up to eight traffic classes and allows switches to
transmit packets based on the tagged priority value.
IEEE 802.3ad
A standard that defines link aggregation. 802.3ad is
now incorporated into the relevant sections of the IEEE
Std. 802.3-2002.
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force. An organization
responsible for providing engineering solutions for
TCP/IP networks. In the network management area, this
group is responsible for the development of the SNMP
protocol.
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