Processes Receives and process BPDUs Forward data frames received on interfaces Forward data frames switched from

another interface Learn MAC address

PORT STATES Blocking Listening x x x x x x

Learning x x

Forwarding

Disable x x x x

____________________________________________________________________________ BPDU TIMERS HELLO TIME -time between each BPDU frame that is sent on a port Default: 2 sec Can be tuned to: 1-10 sec FORWARD DELAY -time spent in the listening to learning OR learning to forwarding Default: 15 sec Can be tuned to: 4-30 sec MAXIMUM AGE -maximum length time a switch port saves configuration BPDU information Default: 20 sec Can be tuned to: 6-40 sec ____________________________________________________________________________ WIRELESS LANs LAN MAN (Local Area (Metropolitan Network) Area Network) 802.11 802.11 802.16 802.20 11-54 mbps 10-100+ mbps medium medium-long enterprise last mile access network

STANDARDS

PAN (Personal Area Network) Bluetooth 802.15.3 less than 1mbps short peer-to-peer device-to-device

WAN (Wide Area Network) gsm, coma, satellite 10kbps-2mbps long mobile data devices

SPEED RANGE APPLICATION