Gigabit ethernet technology – Amer Networks SS3GR24i User Manual
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SS3GR24i/SS3GR48i Layer 3 Stackable Gigabit Switch User’s Guide
100Mbps, while maintaining the Carrier Sense Multiple Access
with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Ethernet protocol.
Gigabit Ethernet Technology
Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet utilizing
the same packet structure, format, and support for CSMA/CD
protocol, full duplex, flow control, and management objects, but
with a tenfold increase in theoretical throughput over 100Mbps
Fast Ethernet and a one hundred-fold increase over 10Mbps
Ethernet. Since it is compatible with all 10Mbps and 100Mbps
Ethernet environments, Gigabit Ethernet provides a
straightforward upgrade without wasting a company’s existing
investment in hardware, software, and trained personnel.
Gigabit Ethernet enables fast optical fiber connections and
Unshielded Twisted Pair connections to support video
conferencing, complex imaging, and similar data-intensive
applications. Likewise, since data transfers occur 10 times faster
than Fast Ethernet, servers outfitted with Gigabit Ethernet NIC’s
are able to perform 10 times the number of operations in the same
amount of time.
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