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The various IEEE LAN/MAN specifications

Some of the more interesting specs or working groups

802.1d
Ethernet Bridges (Spanning Tree Protocol)
802.1p
QOS
802.1q
VLANs
802.1s
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
802.1w
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
802.1x
Port Authentication
802.2
LogicalLinkControl? - used mainly for NetWare in the past
802.3
Ethernet
802.2a
Port Aggregation
802.3ab
1000BaseT (GigE over Copper)
802.3ae
10GigE
802.3ad
Trunk Aggregation (see LinuxEthernetBonding)
802.3af
Power Over Ethernet
802.3p
VLAN priority tagging
802.3u
100BaseT (Fast Ethernet)
802.3x
Flow Control
802.3z
1000BaseSX/LX (GigE over Fibre)
802.5
TokenRing
802.11
Wireless Ethernet
802.16
Broadband Wireless Access. WiMax? is part of this working group

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