Ethernet Networking Fundamentals (Part 1 of 2)

This two-part Ethernet presentation gives an overview of the fundamental concepts necessary to understand Ethernet and TCP/IP networking. We will discuss the OSI networking model describe how basic network elements operate in inter-connecting, sending and receiving and processing information. Part I focuses on the first 2 Layers of the OSI model: The Ethernet physical Layer and the Ethernet data Link Layer. It covers topics such as Ethernet frame format, MAC addressing and VLAN Tags. Part II focuses on Layer 3 and Layer 4 of the OSI model: IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, and the TCP/UDP Transport layer mechanisms.