IEEE Ethernet Standards

This page lists some IEEE standards.

IEEE 802.1

802.1D (1993) MAC Layer Bridges (ISO 10038)

802.1p Quality of Service and Multicast support

802.1Q VLAN processing

802.1G Remote Bridges

 

List of most useful Supplments to the IEEE 802 Standards:

802.3 (1985) Base standard (10B5)

802.3a (1992) 10B2 Ethernet over thin coaxial cable

802.3b (1985) Broadband Ethernet (using coaxial TV cable, now seldom used)

802.3c (1985) Improved definition of a Repeater

802.3d (1987) Definition of Ethernet for Fibre (10BFOIRL) (now seldom used)

802.3e (1987) 1Base5 or StarLAN (now seldom used)

802.3h (1991) Layer Management

802.3i (1990) 10BaseT, Ethernet over CAT-5 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)

802.3j (1993) defines Ethernet over Fibre (10BF)

802.3p/q (1993) Definition of managed objects

802.3u (1995) Definition of Fast Ethernet (100BTX, 100BT4, 100BFX)

802.3x (1998) Definition of Full Duplex operation in a switched LAN

802.3y (1998) Definition of Fast Ethernet (100BT2 over low quality UTP)

802.3z Definition of Gigabit Ethernet (over Fibre)

802.3aa Definition of Gigabit Ethernet Maintainance

802.3ab Definition of Gigabit Ethernet (over UTP CAT-5)

802.3ac Definition of Ethernet VLANs

802.3ad Definition of Ethernet VLAN Trunking


Gorry Fairhurst - Date: 01/01/2001 EG3567