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QUESTION POSED ON: 11 November 2003
I was wondering if you could shed some light on the advantages of implementing Ethernet?

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The single greatest advantage is near total interoperability. Most devices in this day and age are equipped with Ethernet cards or the ability to encapsulate Ethernet traffic. This allows all machines to communicate over the same cabling and same electronics, as opposed to other mechanisms.


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