Introduction
Have you ever listened or sat in on a concept or network design meeting and been fed an alphabet soup of acronyms and words or technical jargon that just didn’t make sense to you? Well, the chances are that Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, and Wireless were among some of those being spoken.
In this writing, the author plans to help one understand, in simple terms (where possible), what exactly these technologies are and where they may belong. He provides an overview of each, explains the differences between them, and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using them. His goal is to provide you, the reader, with the ability to understand at a high-level what these technologies are, and how they can be used.
What are Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, and Wireless?
They are all Local Area Network (LAN) technologies or standards for communication across different medium. In the past decades the essence of internetworking has vastly increased. As always, demand breeds......
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