Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1990 Design of an Ethernet monitor and protocol analyzer Gwenna S. Jacobson Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Hardware Systems Commons Recommended Citation Jacobson, Gwenna S., "Design of an Ethernet monitor and protocol analyzer" (1990). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 16878. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/16878 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Design of an Ethernet monitor and protocol analyzer by Gwenna S. Jacobson A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Major: Computer Engineering Signatures have been redacted for privacy Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1990 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VIll 1. INTRODUCTION ... 1 2. MONITORING TECHNIQUES 3 2.1 C en t ralized ~Ioni tor 3 2.1.1 Probe Monitor 3 2.1.2 Spy Monitor. 3 2.2 Distributed Monitor 4 2.3 Hybrid l\Ionitor ... 4 3. NETWORK PROTOCOLS .5 3.1 OSlo 5 3.1.1 Physical Layer. 6 3.1.2 Data Link Layer 6 3.1.3 Network Layer 8 3.1.4 Transport Layer. 11 3.1.5 Session Layer .