[149830] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Common operational misconceptions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Kell)
Thu Feb 16 08:28:25 2012
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:27:14 -0500
From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu>
To: Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu>
In-Reply-To: <CALFTrnNzgs1V1i35sZPbU_jEg61Kmh=N7=aQCQxk4Rkhoy--GQ@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 2/16/2012 8:17 AM, Ray Soucy wrote:
> I've found starting off with some history on Ethernet (Maine loves Bob
> Metcalfe) becomes a very solid base for understanding; how "Ethernet"
> today is very different; starting with hubs, bridges, collisions, and
> those problems, then introducing modern switching, VLANs, broadcast
> domain's etc.
It's a bit dated (1998) but I always thought Rich Siefert covered "the
basics" very well...
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabit-Ethernet-Technology-Applications-High-Speed/dp/0201185539
Jeff
