Errata
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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page xix The last line on the page did read |
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ethernet |
Anonymous | May 2000 |
| Printed | Page xx The second line of the first paragraph in the Acknowledgments section |
"I would like to thank the inventor of Ethernet..." |
Anonymous | Mar 2004 |
| Printed | Page 10 paragraph 2, line 3 |
"by the International Organization for Standardization, whose initials (derived from it's French name), are ISO." |
Anonymous | Mar 2005 |
| Printed | Page 19 first sentence of the second paragraph |
The first sentence of the second paragraph did read: "Metcalfe understood..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 22 third line of the first paragraph |
The third line of the first paragraph did read: "...two devices connected to a full-duplex Ethernet media system to simultaneously..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 22 last line of the last paragraph |
The last line of the last paragraph did read: "...standard, probably operating at 10 Gbps, within..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 24 3rd bullet |
In the 3rd bullet, "consists" HAS BEEN CHANGED to "consist". |
Anonymous | Mar 2004 |
| Printed | Page 32 Lines 5-6 of the fourth paragraph |
Lines 5-6 of the fourth paragraph did read: "Each port of a repeater hub links individual Ethernet media segments together..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 33 first line of the second paragraph |
The first line of the second paragraph did read: "...the individual ports combine segments..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 45 first sentence of the fourth paragraph |
The first sentence of the fourth paragraph did read: "...numerically equal to or less than the maximum untagged frame size in octets of 1518 |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 45 first sentence of the last paragraph |
This footnote has been added to the first sentence of the last paragraph: |
Anonymous | Jun 2001 |
| Printed | Page 78 first line of the first paragraph |
The first line of the first paragraph did read: "...gap between each frame." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 83 fourth line of the fourth paragraph |
The fourth line of the fourth paragraph did read: "...with this opcode in the first byte of the data field..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 84 Figure 4-2 |
The MAC address in Figure 4-2 "PAUSE frame" did read: "01-08-C2-00-00-01" Now reads: "01-80-C2-00-00-01" |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 101 The third line of the second paragraph used to read: |
"...that the Ethernet interface does not have..." |
Anonymous | Jun 2001 |
| Printed | Page 110 The fifth line 5 of the first paragraph used to read |
"...to the Ethernet interface..." |
Anonymous | Jun 2001 |
| Printed | Page 113 second to last line of the last paragraph |
The second to last line of the last paragraph did read: "...male jackscrews that connect..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 113 last line on the page |
The last line on the page did read: "...of 0.5 meters..." Now reads: "...of 0.5 meter..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 127-128 |
The last sentence in the last paragraph beginning on page 127 has been deleted. |
Anonymous | Jun 2001 |
| Printed | Page 172 Table 12-1 |
Maximum segment length in feet for 1000BASE-SX was incorrectly listed as "220 m (1,351 feet)". |
Anonymous | Mar 2004 |
| Printed | Page 189 footnote |
In the footnote, changed "...speed of light." to "...speed of light in vacuum." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 229 Under the heading "Maintain the minimum bending radius" it did read |
"...four times the cable radius." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 231 The ninth line of the first paragraph |
"...are still considered..." |
Anonymous | Mar 2004 |
| Printed | Page 232 first sentence in the second paragraph |
The first sentence in the second paragraph did read: "The optional wiring sequence is widely used in the United States, and many..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 257 The first sentence in the fourth paragraph used to read |
"...typically operates over multimode fiber using LED transmitters |
Anonymous | Jun 2001 |
| Printed | Page 258 last line of the first paragraph |
The last line of the first paragraph did read: "10BASE-FX." Now reads: "100BASE-FX" |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 280 fifth line of the third paragraph |
The fifth line of the third paragraph did read: "...only two devices at each end of a given link segment, which limits..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 282 fourth line of the second paragraph |
The fourth line of the second paragraph did read: "...and two Class II repeaters..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 294 The second sentence in the third paragraph: |
"This display provides the sum..." |
Anonymous | Mar 2004 |
| Printed | Page 295 |
The first sentence of the last paragraph did read: "...shown on this port is nearly 30 percent of the number... rate for this port is around 30 |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 295 third sentence of the last paragraph |
The third sentence of the last paragraph did read: "...(4,294,967,300 to be precise)." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 296 first sentence of the first full paragraph |
The first sentence of the first full paragraph did read: "Note that this port has counted over 3.4 billion total frames..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 296 fourth line of the second paragraph |
The fourth line of the second paragraph did read: "...and then counted another 3.4 billion." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 296 sixth line of the second paragraph |
The sixth line of the second paragraph did read: "...collision rate is around 30 percent..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 296 last two sentences of the third paragraph |
The last two sentences of the third paragraph did read: "Now the collision rate is less than 3 percent of the total frames. This is a much more |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 355 The 6th line of the 2nd full paragraph |
"Some problems only seem to occur..." |
Anonymous | Mar 2004 |
| Printed | Page 402 last sentence in the first paragraph |
The last sentence in the first paragraph did read: "...maximum bend..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 403 first paragraph of the sidebar |
In the first paragraph of the sidebar, in the sixth line, deleted "one vendor's set of" from the sentence. |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 421 The third line of the second paragraph |
"silicon caulk...." |
Anonymous | Mar 2004 |
| Printed | Page 445 |
The BNC entry did read: "...Bayonet Neil-Concelman..." Now reads: "...Bayonet Neill-Concelman..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 452 |
The third line of the MII entry did read: "...attach 802.3 interfaces (MACs) to..." |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 453 |
The glossary entry for "PHY" HAS BEEN MOVED so that it occurs between "Phase Jitter" and "Physical Address." The entry for "Receive Collision" HAS BEEN MOVED so that it occurs between "Protocol" and "Repeater." |
Anonymous | Mar 2004 |
| Printed | Page 460 Added the following term to the index |
"100BASE-T4, 18, 81" |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
| Printed | Page 461 |
The entry for "10BROAD36" did read: "10BROAD36, 16" |
Anonymous | Sep 2000 |
