Review Questions

Review Questions

1:

What is the pps rate for a 100BaseX network? Calculate it for the minimum and maximum frame sizes.

2:

What are the implications of mixing half-duplex and full-duplex devices? How do you do it?

3:

In the opening section on Fast Ethernet, we discussed the download time for a typical medical image over a shared legacy Ethernet system. What is an approximate download time for the image over a half-duplex 100BaseX system? Over a full-duplex 100BaseX system?

4:

What disadvantages are there in having an entire network running in 100BaseX full-duplex mode?

5:

Can a Class II repeater ever attach to a Class I repeater? Why or why not?

6:

What is the smallest Gigabit Ethernet frame size that does not need carrier extension?