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Contents
About This Guide
Audience .........................................................................................................................xxii
Before You Begin ............................................................................................................xxii
Conventions ....................................................................................................................xxii
Acronyms .......................................................................................................................xxiii
Ordering Bay Networks Publications .............................................................................xxvi
Technical Support and Online Services
Bay Networks Customer Service .................................................................................xxviii
Bay Networks Information Services ...............................................................................xxix
World Wide Web ......................................................................................................xxix
Customer Service FTP ............................................................................................xxix
Support Source CD ..................................................................................................xxx
CompuServe ............................................................................................................xxx
InfoFACTS ...............................................................................................................xxxi
How to Get Help ......................................................................................................xxxi
Chapter 1
Getting Started
What’s the Default? ........................................................................................................1-1
Accessing Line Services with Site Manager ...................................................................1-2
Chapter 2
About Line Protocols
Overview of LAN Protocols .............................................................................................2-1
Ethernet Overview ...................................................................................................2-2
Data Flow ..........................................................................................................2-2
Medium Access Control .....................................................................................2-2
Ethernet Frame Formats ....................................................................................2-3
Ethernet Media ..................................................................................................2-3
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