1. Beyond the LAN: Ethernet's Evolution into the Public Network.
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Kellett, Paul
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ETHERNET , *LOCAL area networks , *WIDE area networks , *COMPUTER networks , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations - Abstract
This article details the evolution of Ethernet into Gigabit Ethernet and how this LAN-based technology has undergone major transformations over time. From its data rates and distances to supported media and functionality, Ethernet has greatly improved, enabling it to surmount many of its former limitations and in so doing to expand beyond the LAN into the MAN and now even the WAN. In this article, Pioneer Consulting explores the evolution further by focusing on some of the major technological directions in the Ethernet equipment industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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