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mirrors that redirect <strong>the</strong> light away from <strong>the</strong> DAS. The disabled station is bypassed,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> ring maintains its primary and secondary ring functionality.<br />

Summary<br />

At this point, you should have a solid understanding of <strong>the</strong> operation and<br />

implementation of E<strong>the</strong>rnet, Token Ring, and FDDI. You should also have a basic<br />

understanding of data signaling, encoding, fiber optic and copper-based<br />

transmission media, and LAN cabling components. Now, let's move on <strong>to</strong> WAN data<br />

link and transport pro<strong>to</strong>cols.<br />

Related RFCs<br />

RFC 894 Standard for <strong>the</strong> transmission of IP datagrams over E<strong>the</strong>rnet <strong>network</strong>s<br />

RFC 1042 Standard for <strong>the</strong> transmission of IP datagrams over IEEE 802 <strong>network</strong>s<br />

RFC 1390 Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI <strong>network</strong>s<br />

Additional Resources<br />

Breyer Robert Sean Riley. Switched, Fast, and Gigabit E<strong>the</strong>rnet, Third Edition.<br />

Macmillan Technical Publishing, 1999.<br />

Codenoll Technology Corporation, The Fiber Optic LAN Handbook, Fourth Edition.<br />

Codenoll Technology Corporation, 1990.<br />

Held Gilbert. E<strong>the</strong>rnet Networks, Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons, 1996.<br />

Kadambi Jayant Mohan Kalkunte Ian Crawford. Gigabit E<strong>the</strong>rnet. Prentice Hall,<br />

1998.<br />

Mirchandani Sonu Raman Khanna. FDDI: Technology and Applications. John Wiley &<br />

Sons, 1993.<br />

Partridge Craig. Gigabit Networking. Addison-Wesley, 1993.<br />

Quinn Liam Richard Russell. Fast E<strong>the</strong>rnet. John Wiley & Sons, 1997.

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