CompTIA Network+ Training - 9/27/2005

Today we covered Chapters 4, 5 and 6, which dealt with Network topologies and Ethernet – both past and present.  Key topics (not the only topics) for today’s discussion included:

• The four basic topologies: bus, ring, star and mesh.


• The two hybrid topologies: star-bus and star-ring


• Cable types: coax, unshielded twisted pair (UTP) and shielded twisted pair (STP) and fiber optic


• IEEE standards


• Ethernet frames


• CSMA/CD


• 10Base5 & 10Base2


• Repeaters, Bridges & Switches (Oh my!)


• 10BaseT


• TIA/EIA 568A/B standards


• 10BaseFL


• Fast Ethernet Flavors


• Full Duplex vs. Half Duplex

Homework:

• Chapter 4 – Questions 1-10


• Chapter 5 – Questions 1-10


• Chapter 6 – Questions 1-10

Remember, test next week on Chapters 1 – 6!!!