Gigabit Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet is carried primarily on optical fiber (with very short distances possible on copper media). Existing Ethernet LANs with 10 and 100 Mbps cards can feed into a Gigabit Ethernet backbone. An alternative technology that competes with Gigabit Ethernet is ATM. A newer standard, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, is also becoming available.

Read more about Gigabit Ethernet: - SearchNetworking.com offers a list of white papers about Gigabit Ethernet and other network technologies. - SearchStorage.com is a storage-specific portal with information about storage networks using Gigabit Ethernet.

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