Ethernet is the most commonly used technology and a standard for the Local Area Network. Ethernet enables the computers in the local area network to communicate with each other via network cables such as UTP/STP and fiber optic cables. Gigabyte networking involves the fiber optic cables, connectors and gigabyte Ethernet supported LAN cards.
Gigabyte networking is used to provide the very high data communications speed over the fiber optic cables in the Local Area Network. The reference model of the Gigabyte technology is defined by the IEEE. It is a physical and data link technology. There are three types of the Ethernet.
10-Mbps
It is most commonly used for the LAN. Cable specifications include the following.
10Base-2
10base-T
10base-F
10base-FL
10base-FB
10base-FP
10base-T
10base-F
10base-FL
10base-FB
10base-FP
100-Mbps
It is also known as 100base T. It uses the RJ 45 connectors in the star topology and it uses the CSMA/CD media access. It supports the maximum number of the connected segments up to 1024. It provides the speed up to 100Mbps. It is also known as the Fast Ethernet. Fast Ethernet supports all Ethernet frame types and software and provides better speed than the traditional Ethernet. It provides better bandwidth and supports more users in the LAN. It provides 10 times more performance and efficiency than the traditional Ethernet. It is the best for the companies that require fast data transfers and communications. 100base T has the following sub categories.
100base TX
100base FX
100base T4
100base FX
100base T4
Gigabyte Ethernet
It provides the speed up to 100Mbps. Gigabyte Ethernet enable the data to travel over the optical and network cables. Gigabyte networking involves the communications over the fiber optic cables. It provides many times better performance than the traditional Ethernet and Fast Ethernet. It uses the specialized connectors for the fiber optic cables. Gigabyte Ethernet cables specifications include the following.
Cable Type Maximum Distance
- 1000base-T 100 M
- 1000base-CX 25
- 1000base-LX 5000
- 1000base-SX 500
Gigabyte Hardware
There are number of manufactures like 3Com, Acer, Asus, Belkin, Cisco, EXTREME networking, D-Link, Intel, Lenovo and Xerox etc. that are developing the gigabyte hardware products. Gigabyte Ethernet hardware includes the following.
- Gigabit Ethernet Switch
- Gigabyte LAN card
- Fiber optic cables
- Fiber optic connectors
- UTP/STP Cables
- RJ-45 Connectors.