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Chapter 5 Reading Organizer After completion of this chapter, you should be able to: Describe the operation of the Ethernet sublayers. Identify the major fields of the Ethernet frame. Describe the purpose and characteristics of the Ethernet MAC address. Describe the purpose of ARP. Explain how ARP requests impact network and host performance. Explain basic switching concepts. Compare fixed configuration and modular switches. Configure a Layer 3 switch. 5.1 Ethernet Protocol 1. Ethernet operates at what OSI layers? a. data link layer b. physical layer 2. Ethernet is defined by which IEEE standards? a. 802.2 b. 802.3 3. What is the purpose of the LLC sublayer? The Ethernet LLC sublayer handles the communication between the upper layers and the lower layers 4. What is the purpose of the MAC sublayer? MAC constitutes the lower sublayer of the data link layer. 5. What are the Ethernet MAC sublayer’s two primary responsibilities? a. Data encapsulation b. Media access control 6. Data encapsulation provides three primary functions. These are: a. Frame Delimiting b. Addressing c. Error Detection 7. The two primary functions of Media Access Control are: a. Control of frame placement on and off the media b. Media recovery 8. Explain how CSMA/Collision Detection operates. In CSMA/Collision Detection (CSMA/CD), the device monitors the media for the presence of a data signal. If a data signal is absent, indicating that the media is free, the device transmits the data. If signals are then detected that show another device was transmitting at the same time, all devices stop sending and try again later. 9. Explain how CSMA/Collision Avoidance operates. In CSMA/CA, the device examines the media for the presence of a data signal. If the media is free, the device sends a notification across the media of its intent to use it. The device then sends the data. This method is used by 802.11 wireless networking technologies. 10. Why were MAC addresses created? To prevent the excessive o