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





































 
 
 
 
 

  
 
 
 
 

  

 
 
 
 

  

 
 
 
 

  

 
 
 
 

  

 
 
 
 


  

  


 
 
 
 







































   

Larry 2 Archie
1

Bob
Hub 2

 










Archie
Larry 2 1A
1B
Collision! Bob
Hub 1

 








 
















  












1 Collision Domain, Sharing 10 Mbps 1 Collision Domain, Sharing 10 Mbps

Fred Wilma

Barney Betty
Hub Bridge Hub

 



















   

Fred Four Possible Collision Domains

Wilma

100 Mbps F0/1 F0/3 100 Mbps

Full Duplex Full Duplex

100 Mbps 100 Mbps

Full Duplex F0/2 F0/4 Full Duplex
Barney Betty

 










 

























  










1 2 Five Collision Domains 3 4

Hub Bridge Hub Router Switch

 












D1 D1

A1 A2 ..... A39 A40

One VLAN!

10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000

 








   

Two Broadcast Domains

1 2 3 4

Hub Bridge Hub Router Switch

 























 





Dino Wilma

Fred SW1 SW2 Betty

Left Broadcast Domain Right Broadcast Domain

 


  








VLAN 1 VLAN 2

Dino Wilma

Fred SW1 Betty

Left Broadcast Domain Right Broadcast Domain

 

































   

 











 
















 















  

To WAN

R1 R2

2 x 10 GbE
Distribution
2 Distribution
Switches
Layer
D1 D1
Uplinks
GigE GigE

40 Access Access
A1 A2 ..... A39 A40
Switches Layer

10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000

 
























   



















 

 









  

D1 D2

D6 D3

D5 D4

 























   

Building 1 Building 2

A11 A21

D11 D21
A12 A22

A13 A23
D12 D22

A14 A24

D31 D32

A31 A32 A33 A34

Building 3

 








 




  

Building 1 Building 2

A11 A21

D11 Core1 D21

A12 A22

A13 A23
D12 Core2 D22

A14 A24

D31 D32

A31 A32 A33 A34

Building 3

 

 






















   







D1 D2

SW1 SW1

A1 A2

Access Switch Access Switch: Star Uplinks: Partial Mesh

 















 















  














Thicknet Thinnet Ethernet Fast Gigabit 10 40 100

(DIX) (IEEE) 10Base-T Ethernet Ethernet Gig E Gig E Gig E

10M 10M 10M 100M 1G 10G 40G 100G

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

 

 












 
    
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    


   



























 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  









  









































 




   

SOHO

CATV
Cable ISP/Internet
UTP

 











SOHO

CATV
Cable
R1 ISP/Internet
UTP UTP
UTP Cable Modem


 













  




















 







D1 D2

A1 A2 A3 A4

1 2

 


   

























D1 D2
WLC


A1 A2 A3 A4

 







  



















 
  
 
 
 
 


 
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


   

  

 
  
  
  






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