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Ethernet/IEEE 802.3

Overview Ethernet has survived as an essential media technology because of its tremendous flexibility and its relative simplicity to implement and understand. Although other technologies have been touted as likely replacements, network managers have turned to Ethernet and its derivatives as effective solutions for a range of campus implementation requirements. To resolve Ethernet’s limitations, innovators (and standards bodies) have created progressively larger Ethernet pipes. Critics might dismiss Ethernet as a technology that cannot scale, but its underlying transmission scheme continues to be one of the principal means of transporting data for contemporary campus applications. This chapter outlines the various Ethernet technologies that have evolved to date.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Berufsakademie Stuttgart	File Format	HTML
Date Published	August 2003	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Ethernet, Industry Standard Protocols

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