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/0201185539
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.
