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Asynchronous Transfer Mode Ethernet Standards
Fibre Distributed Digital Interface Frames and Packets
The Future General
Hub Media
Medium Access Control Network Interface Card
Network Management Networks (including general ethernet information)
OSI Reference Model Router
Standardisation Organisations Switch
TCP/IP Protocol Suite Token Ring

 

General

Electronic Manufacturers on the Net Comprehensive manufacturers links
PC Lube and Tune Exit Ramp Good computing site 
Telecommunications Library WorldCom Marketing Research Group acronym and definitions resource 
Telecoms Virtual Library Good resource for general issues 

 

Networks (including general ethernet information)

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3Com Solutions Well presented commercial site for 3com's products
Central Institute of Technology Networking technology concepts overview
Central Institute of Technology Excellent Windows NT networking site
Brian Brown's NT Networking Course Marvellous networking site
Charles Spurgeons's Ethernet Web Site Very good University of Texas ethernet site 
Ethernet FAQ Huge Usenet frequently asked questions page, a subset of information on the Network Management Server at State University of New York 
Hewlett-Packard Excellent workgroup design guide
Lantronix Home Page Commercial site with links to product information, white papers and tutorials
PC Lube and Tune Ethernet Page Good ethernet introduction 
Syracuse University Basic Glossary Handy, quick reference 
Syracuse University Local Area Networks Good collection of links to LAN topics 
University of North London Data communications and networking information
University of Tel Aviv Topics in Networking site, pages prepared by students
White Papers, Articles and Thesis State University of New York downloadable research matter

 

OSI Reference Model

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Business Direct Services' OSI page Basic protocol information for each layer
Central Institute of Technology General OSI model information
Cisco Introduction to Networking OSI model overview
ISO/IEC 7498-1 : 1994(E) Full listing from Peter McBrien's King's College page
Prof. John Larmouth's online OSI book If it's not here, don't worry about it

 

TCP/IP Protocol Suite

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PC Lube and Tune Introduction to TCP/IP Basic TCP/IP information 
SNMP FAQ part1 , SMNP FAQ part 2 Extensive frequently asked questions from State University of New York
TCP/IP FAQ part 1 , TCP/IP FAQ part 2 More FAQ from State University of New York, this link is also worth a look 
Napier University Introduction to TCP/IP Good resource hosted by Napier's Department of Electronic Engineering 
National Health Service Electronic Library The NHS's TCP/IP guide! 
University of Bradford Introduction to TCP/IP Extensive FAQ

 

Standardisation Organisations

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IEEE Standards Homepage Everything there is to know about IEEE standards
IEEE Computer Society Standards Page More IEEE information and a link to the standards database 
The ITU Homepage General information and their selected sites

 

Ethernet Standards

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Central Institute of Technology  EIA TIA-568 standard information
Cisco IEEE 802.3 Corporate resource 
SIGCOMM Research Page Standards information and other links 

 

Frames and Packets

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 Medium Access Control
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Comtec CSMA/CD applet Java applet simulation of CSMA/CD in action
Intel CSMA/CD tutorial Good commercial tutorial
Nottingham University MAC slide show Easy to follow slide show

 

The Future

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Foundrynet info centre Good gigabit resource, plus gigabit versus ATM
Gigabit Ethernet Alliance The homepage of the Gigabit Ethernet Alliance
Gigabit Fundermentals Intel's gigabit overview
Strategic Information Resource Nathan Muller's text on isoethernet
University of Texas gigabit homepage Good educational resource

 

Media

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Co-axial - Central Institute of Technology Coaxial cable information
Fibre Optic - Central Institute of Technology Fibre optic cable details
Physical Connections Ethernet Version 2 and IEEE 802.3 Physical Characteristics from the Cisco site 
Twisted Pair - Central Institute of Technology Twisted pair details
Wiring Guide - Central Institute of Technology Wiring information

 

Network Interface Card

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3Com's NIC page Commercial page showing their client and server cards
Adapters - Central Institute of Technology Network interface card information
Hewlett-Packard's NIC page H-P's commercial NIC page

 

Hub

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3Com's hub page Commercial page showing the range produced by 3Com
Hubs - Central Institute of Technology General hub information

 

Router

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3Com's enterprise router page Commercial page showing 3Com's products
Cisco's router page Commercial page showing Cisco's products
Routers - Central Institute of Technology General router information

 

Switch

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Lantronix switch tutorial Good switching tutorial
Switches - Central Institute of Technology General switched ethernet information
Xylan switching information Another good commercial resource

 

Network Management

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Network management server Information on network management issues
SNMP Research International Good commercial site
University of Kansas network management page Educational resource showing what network management can tell you

 

Fibre Distributed Digital Interface

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Interoperability Lab FDDI consortium Good FDDI overview from the University of New Hampshire
Interoperability Lab FDDI tutorial Well written tutorial
US Navy ANSI X3T12 homepage Access to a FDDI FAQ
XLNT FDDI page Good FDDI discussion

 

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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ATM Forum Well presented site on all things ATM
ATM National Testbed Simulation ATM research project site
ATM Technology Web Knowledgebase Everything you ever needed to know about ATM

 

Token Ring

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Astral homepage Good resource dedicated to the promotion of token ring
James Messer's token ring site Good resource including a token ring FAQ
Interoperability Lab token ring consortium University of New Hampshire token ring research site
 

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