The Spanning Tree Protocol, sometimes just referred to as Spanning Tree, is the Waze or MapQuest of modern Ethernet networks, directing traffic along the most efficient route based on real-time ...

With EtherNet/IP a controller can now be linked to both information systems and I/O devices for a flat network architecture. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is to Ethernet as ...

Terms can sometimes play tricks on the mind. Take EtherNet/IP, for example. Many people will read “IP” as internet protocol and think that EtherNet/IP refers to plain old, standard industrial Ethernet ...

Ethernet has dominated wired computer-networking technology for decades, evidenced by its wide adoption in office, business, data-center, and home applications. Only more recently, though, has ...

The technology started with 10-Mb/s coax cabling (10BASE5). Twisted-pair and RJ45 connectors quickly replaced that, while fiber optics was implemented for high-speed, long-distance communication.

Applications need massive amounts of storage, but servers have limited disk space. Moving storage out of a server and putting it on a network makes expanding storage easy. The ATA-over-Ethernet ...

Three decades ago, the medium that would one day earn the moniker "information superhighway" had such light traffic that there was little need for lanes, speed limits or highway patrols. The odds were ...

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