Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet Private Lines
What is Ethernet?
Today, Ethernet is the transmission of network traffic over twisted pair cables at 10 Mbps. The most widely used implementation is 10BASE-T. Earlier implementations of Ethernet transmitted over coaxial cable.
Fast Ethernet uses similar physical cabling and transmits at 100 Mbps using the 100BASE-TX standard.
Gigabit Ethernet uses the 1000BASE-T standard and transmits at 1000 Mbps.
All three standards use 8 position modular connectors, usually called RJ45. Higher speed implementations nearly always support the lower speeds as well, so in most cases different generations of equipment can be freely mixed.
How your business benefits
Replacing legacy Frame Relay and ATM (Asynchronous Transport Mode) services with Ethernet and IP connectivity reduces costs and simplifies network administration since the same technology utilized in the LAN is now available over the MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) and WAN (Wide Area Network). This allows your business to achieve a faster return on investment.
Today, Ethernet private lines are used to connect local area networks to a wide area network through Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVC). As organizations increasingly migrate to converged networks where voice and data are transmitted over a single backbone architecture, the LAN to LAN network interface capability provided by Ethernet and IP based services links offices, applications, databases, and users to provide seamless collaboration over distance.
Based on the User Network Interface (UNI) specifications established by the Metro Ethernet Forum, Ethernet Services offer cost effective, reliable service to businesses needing to link single sites together (point-to-point) or create a meshed network to enable communication between multiple sites (point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-multipoint).
Through Virtual Private lines, secure tunnels are established through the common service backbone to ensure data security from others sharing the cloud.
When ordering Ethernet services, care must be taken to review the provider's QOS (Quality of Service) guarantees to ensure the needs of specific applications will be met by the proposed grade of service. Additionally, when purchasing WLAN connectivity over Ethermet, QOS can be varied by application within the network.
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