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10 things you may not know about Ethernet

  What's next for Ethernet? | How to prevent IT department overload
 
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10 things you may not know about Ethernet
Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here. Read More


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