In short, Gigabit Ethernet
is the same Ethernet that we already know and use, but 10 times faster
than Fast Ethernet and 100 times faster than Ethernet. It also supports
additional features that accommodate today's bandwidth-hungry
applications and match the increasing power of the desktop and server.
Gigabit Ethernet is a transmission technology based on the Ethernet
frame format and protocol used in local area networks (LANs) and
provides a data rate of 1 billion bits per second (one gigabit). Gigabit
Ethernet is defined in the
IEEE 802.3
standard and is currently being used as the standard backbone in many of
today's enterprise networks.
Gigabit Ethernet
compatibility with Ethernet preserves investments in network
administrator expertise and support staff training, while taking
advantage of user familiarity. Just as 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet provided a
low-cost, incremental migration path from 10 Mbps Ethernet, Gigabit
Ethernet is providing the next logical migration to 1000 Mbps bandwidth.
A newer standard, 10-Gigabit Ethernet is also becoming available.
Since its introduction in the early 1980s, Ethernet deployment has
quickly overshadowed networking connection choices such as Token Ring
and ATM.
Article ID: 16
Created On: Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Last Updated On: Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Authored by: Stealth Support [support@stealthcomputer.com]
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