responsible for hardware addressing and
framing packets in prep for transmission
binary number=byte of 1's and 0's. values are 128,64,32,16,8,4,2,1 with value being adding all
of the enabled spots.. decimal=regular numbers. hex=0-9 are regular, a=10,
b=11,c=12,d=13,e=14,f=15, hex number is 0x or h then two values. convert from binary to hex
by dividing into nibbles and changing value of nibble to hex value
MAC address=burned into NIC
first 24 bits are OUI (organizationally unique id)
second 24 bits are vendor specific
of OUI,1st bit=I/G(individual group), if 0 it's a device, if 1
it's an ethernet broadcast. 2nd bit=G/L(global/local), if 0 it's
globally admin'd, if 1 it's locally admin'd.
Ethernet stations pass data frames between each other
using a group of bits known as a MAC FRAME FORMAT.
This provides error detection from a cyclic redundancy check
(CRC)
Channel bonding is a computer-networking arrangement where
two or more network interfaces on a host are combined for
redundancy and/or increased throughput
aka Link Aggregation or Cisco=EtherChannel
switch to server, switch to switch, or
switch/router to ISP