Gigabit Ethernet Technology and Applications for High Speed LANs

by Rich Seifert

A logical extension of the well known Ethernet technology Gigabit Ethernet provides the capacity required for bandwidth hungry servers campus backbone networks and next generation workstations The author explains the technology in clear and understandable terms and explores the implications for its application and operation in real world networks You 146 ll find essential information on full duplex operation and its implications for network design the automatic link configuration mechanism modifications made to the Ethernet Medium Access Control MAC algorithms to support 1000 Mb s operation and the differences among Gigabit Ethernet hubs including repeaters switches routers and buffered distributors Gigabit Ethernet contains a convenient summary of the IEEE 802 3z Gigabit Ethernet standard and to give you a perspective on Gigabit Ethernet 146 s role relative to other high performance LANs Seifert compares Gigabit Ethernet to such alternative technologies as Fibre Channel FDDI HIPPI and ATM

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