Us Network Group Home Groups Guidelines Registration Services Statistics Troubleshooting Ethernet Connectivity Ethernet is a standard media for computer networking used by many workstations, PC-compatible machines, and Macintosh computers.
Most modern machines come with built-in ethernet capabilities.
This is particularly true for most workstations and modern Macintosh computers. Additionally, thin ethernet is current in place in some academic and administrative buildings, but will be taken out of service in late 1999. Users in residence buildings have either 10base-T shared or switched connections. Thin Ethernet Thin ethernet is based on a coaxial cable that runs between one or more machines connected to a single outlet. To use thin ethernet, you will need to purchase a special media adapter to operate thin ethernet over the IBM cabling system as well as thin ethernet cables and junctions for each of the machines you intend to connect to the outlet.