04-28-2010 05:12 PM - edited 03-06-2019 10:51 AM
Hi every body.
Few months ago, i remembered doing packet capturing on my 100Mbs ethernet card. The capture showed the ethernet frame as type II which is dix version 2. But Dix version 2 or ethernetII , supported 10Mbps. Is it because Nic manufacture used the Ethernet II framing while modifying the physical layer to support 100Mps?. If NIC manufacture had implemented only ethenet II, then Nic would not have supported 100Mbps. Is my understanding correct?
thanks
04-28-2010 11:33 PM
Hi every body.
Few months ago, i remembered doing packet capturing on my 100Mbs ethernet card. The capture showed the ethernet frame as type II which is dix version 2. But Dix version 2 or ethernetII , supported 10Mbps. Is it because Nic manufacture used the Ethernet II framing while modifying the physical layer to support 100Mps?. If NIC manufacture had implemented only ethenet II, then Nic would not have supported 100Mbps. Is my understanding correct?
thanks
Hi,
Yes you are right "DIX" standard, for "Digital/Intel/Xerox"; it specified the 10 megabits/second Ethernet and DIX connecting NIC cards are 10Base5 NICs attach to a network by connecting a drop cable to its 15-pin AUI connector (DIX connector). The drop cable then attaches to a vampire tap transceiver, which taps a ThickNet cable.
But on NICs intended primarily for servers, you may encounter Ethernet variants like 100Base-FX (aka Fast Ethernet) and 1000Base-X (aka Gigabit Ethernet). 100Base-FX uses either single-mode or multi-mode fiber optic cable as its medium and, like 100Base-TX, it has a maximum bandwidth of 100 Mbps and Most new Ethernet NICs of the 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, 100Base-FX, and Gigabit varieties support full duplex operation.
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Ganesh.H
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04-29-2010 02:10 AM
Thanks Ganesh.
what i dont understand if packet captured on nic, appears to be ethernet II( dix version2),and nic supports 10/100 Mbps, Does it mean NIc'manufacture implemented ethernet II framing and modified the physical layer to support different data rates.? I just want to confirm if my understaning is correct. Besides, i also found out it is the most prevalent ethernet framing.
thanks and have a good day.
04-29-2010 04:12 AM
Thanks Ganesh.
what i dont understand if packet captured on nic, appears to be ethernet II( dix version2),and nic supports 10/100 Mbps, Does it mean NIc'manufacture implemented ethernet II framing and modified the physical layer to support different data rates.? I just want to confirm if my understaning is correct. Besides, i also found out it is the most prevalent ethernet framing.
thanks and have a good day.
Hi Sara,
If you have recieved a frame with version 2 then the sending nic is in 10 Mbps with dix 2 version supported on the sending NIC and if you see the history Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) released its first standard called IEEE 802.3 also known as Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD).
This standard was largely based on the pre-existing DIX standard, but did make some changes, especially to the definition of Ethernet frame format. In 1997, the IEEE defined a standard called 802.3x, which defined full-duplex Ethernet operation. Finally, in 1998, the IEEE released the 1 Gbps 802.3z 1000Base-X standard, commonly known as "Gigabit Ethernet".
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Ganesh.H
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