The technology started with 10-Mb/s coax cabling (10BASE5). Twisted-pair and RJ45 connectors quickly replaced that, while fiber optics was implemented for high-speed, long-distance communication.

Three decades ago, the medium that would one day earn the moniker "information superhighway" had such light traffic that there was little need for lanes, speed limits or highway patrols. The odds were ...

Ethernet is the technology that is commonly used in wired local area networks (LANs). A LAN is a network of computers and other electronic devices that covers a small area, such as a room, office, or ...

Except for some edge cases where extreme low-latency or high bandwidth is absolutely required, the Ethernet protocol absolutely rules networking in the datacenter, around the campus, and in our homes.

Our life is surrounded by internet services and it’s hard to imagine not being connected to the web one way or another. It’s also worth thinking about technologies such as Wi-Fi and Ethernet, which ...

Blueprint topics covered in this chapter: This chapter covers the following subtopics from the Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching written exam blueprint. Refer to the full blueprint in Table I-1 in the ...

The Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) has published specification 1.0, setting a milestone for high-performance and AI-optimized network infrastructures. The new specification makes the classic Ethernet ...

Easy network integration of new protocols with time sensitive networking (TSN). Simplifying device development for high network bandwidth protocols. How to work with partners to seamlessly integrate ...

At the ARC Forum 2020, Paul Sereiko and Ted Masters of the FieldComm Group gave a preview of the forthcoming NAMUR Open Architecture Information Model (NOA-IM) and the role FieldComm Group is playing ...