IEEE Networking Standards

The IEEE 802.3 Working Group develops standards for Ethernet. 802.1 develops networking best practices. 802.11 handles WiFi. Their WG web pages are ugly.

Ones worth knowing include:

Standard	Year	Common name	Topic
802.1d	1990, 1998, 2004	Bridges	Bridging and spanning trees 802.1d-2004 incorporates 802.1w
802.1q	1998, 2003, 2014, 2018	VLANs	Virtual LANs 802.1q-2014 incorporates 802.1aq
802.1w	2001	RSTP	Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
802.1ad	2011	QinQ	"Stacked VLANs" (multiple VLAN tags in a frame)
802.1aq	2012	SPB	Shortest path bridging
802.16	2001	WirelessMAN/WiMAX	Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (10--66GHz)
802.3ad	2000	Link aggregation	L2 port trunking
802.3ax	2008	Link aggregation	Became 802.1ax
802.3by	2016	2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T	2.5/5 Gigabit Ethernet over Cat-5/Cat-6 twisted pair
802.11a	1999	WiFi 1	54Mbps on 5GHz
802.11b	1999	WiFi 2	11Mbps on 2.4GHz
802.11g	2003	WiFi 3	54Mbps on 2.4GHz
802.11n	2009	WiFi 4	20/40MHz on 2.4GHz/5GHz
802.11ac	2013	WiFi 5	80/160MHz on 5GHz
802.11ax	2021	WiFi 6/6E	1GHz–6GHz wireless
802.11ad	2012	WiGig	6.76Gbps on 60GHz
802.11ay	2020	WiGig 2	277Gbps on 60GHz
1901.1	2010	BPL	Mid-Frequency (<12MHz) Power Line Communications
1901.2	2012	BPL	Low-Frequency (<500KHz) Power Line Communications
1905.1	2014	?	Convergent Digital Home Networking