This Network Computing article explores how they both work and how you as a network administrator can work to get them functioning cooperatively. This more advanced article addresses when and under what conditions routing happens, routing concerns as they pertain specifically to Ethernet, and routing versus switching. The story of how a packet gets from point A to point B is presented in general terms. This article explores varying approaches towards addressing that situation. Gigabit Ethernet Alliance Gigabit Ethernet Alliance Site is dedicated to an unbiased, open forum for discussion of the general subject of gigabit Ethernet as an abstract standard and a real-world implementation.
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Of particular interest are highly specific articles on such immediately relevant topics as the process of converting from Fast Ethernet to Gigabit. Ethernet Task Force IEEE This Web site includes PDF files of the group's objectives, technical applications of 10-Gigabit Ethernet, meeting schedules and a subscription form for the group's newsletter. In this article, noted author William Stallings explains the fundamental characteristics of the Gigabit Ethernet architecture and how it builds on its predecessors, Ethernet and Fast Ethernet. In this opinion piece, Kevin Tolly, president of independent testing firm The Tolly Group, points out the inconsistencies and hype in companies' claims of providing Gigabit Ethernet over copper to the desktop. In this opinion piece, columnist Jeff Shapiro predicts that, due to falling prices of Gigabit Ethernet components and users' need for more bandwidth, Gigabit Ethernet over copper will soon make its way to the desktop.