ANSI/IEEE Ethernet spec

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1 total messages Started by Greg Earle Sat, 10 May 1986 02:47

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Author: Greg Earle
Date: Sat, 10 May 1986 02:47

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Dumb Question Of The Day:
	I just laid my hands on a copy of the book
"IEEE Standards for LANs: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with
Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer
Specifications"  which I instantly assumed to be the Ethernet
spec.  There is a diagram in the Foreword that looks like this:

----------------------------------------
|                                      |
|       802.1                          |
|    ___________________________________
|    | _________________________________
|    | |                               |
|    | |           802.2               |   DATA LINK LAYER
|    | |_______________________________|
|    |
|    | ___________ __________ __________
|    | |         | |        | |        |
|    | |         | |        | |        |
|    | |  802.3  | |  802.4 | |  802.5 |   PHYSICAL LAYER
|    | |         | |        | |        |
|____| |_________| |________| |________|

I am only interested in the Ethernet part of the Standard; i.e.,
I have no interest in the Token Bus / Token Ring parts (.4 and .5)
so I don't need them.  My question is: 
If I'm only interested in the Ethernet part, is there any need for
hunting down the other two (.1 and .2)??
The Foreward states that 802.1 describes the relationship between
the Physical Layer standards and ISO.  802.2 is the Logical Link
Control standard.

I don't think I should give two kahoots about .1 and .2, but the Foreward
urges that the reader "become familiar with the complete family of standards".

What say you?  I only care about the Ethernet.  Is this standard all
I need to own?

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