The IEEE task force weighing whether and how to expand the size of Ethernet frames met again last week and made a couple of key decisions. Earlier this year, the study group looking at the possibility ...

Besides thoroughly understanding Ethernet’s basic operation, you must become familiar with the new standards and capabilities now available. Undoubtedly, Ethernet has become the technology of choice ...

Ethernet and Sonet are on a crash course. With Ethernet continuing to push its way out of the enterprise into the access and metro sectors, developers of Sonet equipment are being pushed to map ...

A growing number of midsize and enterprise U.S. companies are moving off legacy network technologies such as T-1s, frame relay and ATM and embracing Ethernet. The U.S. Ethernet services market topped ...

Until recently, Ethernet has been confined to the LAN space because of distance and performance limitations inherent in the original protocol. But in the last two years, advances in Ethernet protocols ...

1. Need industrial IT strategy. With the rapid growth of industrial Ethernet devices, the lack of an industrial IT strategy at many companies is becoming a real problem. It's not uncommon to have ...

MACsec, as defined by the IEEE 802.1AE standard, provides protection for traffic passing over Layer 1 and Layer 2 links. It is designed to prevent a range of security threats, including ...

Ethernet is the most common type of local area network (LAN) technology, and it involves a hardwired connection to the internet. Ethernet comes in several varieties including Fast Ethernet, Gigabit ...