Ethernet is ubiquitous—it is the core technology that defines the Internet and serves to connect the world in ways that people could not imagine even one generation ago. HPC clusters are working on ...

Ethernet is on the verge of one of its biggest makeovers in some time. Before the end of the year, five different IEEE 802.3 task forces are scheduled to finish their work on Ethernet-related ...

Cat5 cables were the best option for wired networking (also called Ethernet) for a long time. But since the release of Cat6, that's changed. Cat6 is now considered the minimum standard for networking, ...

A newly-approved wired Ethernet standard could deliver 2.5GbE and 5GbE connections over existing infrastructure. After nearly 20 years, are we finally ready to move past gigabit Ethernet? Share on ...

An approved final draft of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet standard will mean more choices as vendors develop standard-compliant products. However, high prices will likely slow development of this market.

You don't have to be stuck using your TV's slow Ethernet port.

Ever-increasing volumes of traffic strain the capacities of computing and communications gear. Boosting port speeds from 100Mbps Ethernet to 1Gbps Ethernet – and now to 10Gbps Ethernet – on servers, ...

Cisco has developed its own proprietary standard to support the latest wireless access points, the company said on Wednesday. The latest wireless access points, designed for the 802.11n draft, cannot ...

Robert Metcalfe, David Boggs, and their associates really started something back in 1973 when they invented Ethernet. It started out as just one of many contenders for LAN supremacy and essentially ...

Reducing energy consumption is on everyone's mind these days, and engineers have developed a standard for Energy Efficient Ethernet, or EEE. The IEEE 802.3az standard, which was approved on September ...