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Ethernet Specifications

Nov 23,2008 by alperen

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Ethernet Specifications

Common Name

IEEE Standard

Speed

Type of Cabling

Ethernet

802.3

10 Mbps

Both

Fast Ethernet

802.3u

100 Mbps

Both

Gigabit Ethernet

802.3z

1 Gbps

Optical

Gigabit Ethernet

802.3ab

1 Gbps

Copper

10 Gigabit Ethernet

802.3ae

10 Gbps

Optical


Interestingly, if you walked around asking long-time network engineers things like, "Which IEEE standard defines GigE over optical cabling?," I'd guess at least half the people wouldn't remember. Knowing that standards exist for Ethernet at varying speeds is what's important.


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