Sunday, August 14, 2011

Little Bit History of Ether-net

General Meaning of Ether:
 
  • 1) The hypothetical medium formerly believed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
  • 2) Greek myth  the upper regions of the atmosphere; clear sky or heaven
In simple words we can take it as air or free space

Meaning of Ether-net In our World:

A passive broadcast medium with no central control.

Didn't understand, Let me explain you a bit more

Basically it is a shared medium and access to this medium(that is Ether) for packet broadcasts is distributed among the transmitting stations(end-devices) using controlled statistical arbitration.It is nothing but CSMA/CD.

Actual History:

It was developed by DEC(Digital Equipment Corporation),Intel and Xerox in 1970s and was called DIX Ethernet.In the mid-1980s IEEE defined new standards to Ethernet-like networks as 802.3.



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