Ethernet
Of all of the current Local Area Network (LAN) technologies available, Ethernet is the most popular industry standard. This networking standard is defined by the Institute for Electrical Engineers (IEEE) in a standard they created entitled IEEE Standard 802.3. The standard defines the rules for configuring Ethernet as well as the protocol that allow computers to communicate. A protocol is a standard that allows computers to communicate with each other by defining the following: how they identify each other, the form that the data should take in transit, how the information should be reconstructed once it reaches its final destination, and how damaged transmissions are handled. TCP/IP, IPX, AppleTalk, and NetBEUI are all examples of protocols that operate on the Ethernet standard.
Ethernet is typically deployed in two basic topologies called “bus” and “star”. A bus topology consists of nodes connected together by a single long cable. The bus topology connections are made......
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