Ethernet is a frame-based computer networking technology for local area networks (LANs). The name comes from the physical concept of ether. It defines wiring and signaling for the physical layer, and frame formats and protocols for the media access control (MAC)/data link layer of the OSI model. Ethernet is mostly standardized as IEEEs 802.3. It has become the most widespread LAN technology in use during the 1990s to the present, and has largely replaced all other LAN standards such as token ring, FDDI, and ARCNET.
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Ethernet is network standard that covers wired Local Area Networks. The wires consist of 8 individual wires that are twisted and multicolored. Speeds vary up to 1 gigabit. There are many benefits to running an Ethernet network in the Home or office. Security is one. While there has been improvements in wireless encryption, a wired network eliminates much of the peripheral snoops, such as neighbors, wardrivers, phishers and other packet sniffers that snatch your data out of thin air.
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