On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 08:27:14AM -0500, Jeff Kell wrote:
On 2/16/2012 8:17 AM, Ray Soucy wrote:
I've found starting off with some history on Ethernet (Maine loves Bob Metcalfe) becomes a very solid base for understanding; how "Ethernet" today is very different; starting with hubs, bridges, collisions, and those problems, then introducing modern switching, VLANs, broadcast domain's etc.
It's a bit dated (1998) but I always thought Rich Siefert covered "the basics" very well... http://www.amazon.com/Gigabit-Ethernet-Technology-Applications-High-Speed/dp...
I like this free Juniper online training to introduce people to Layer 2 and Layer 3 and how they interact: https://learningportal.juniper.net/juniper/user_fasttrack_home.aspx "Networking Fundamentals" eLearning course.