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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, and management objects,
but with a tenfold increase in theoretical throughput over
100Mbps Fast Ethernet and a one hundred-fold increase
over 10Mbps Ethernet.
The increased speed and extra bandwidth offered by Gigabit
Ethernet is essential to coping with the network bottlenecks
that frequently develop as computers and their busses get
faster and more users use applications that generate more
traffic. Upgrading key components, such as your backbone
and servers to Gigabit Ethernet can greatly improve network
response times as well as significantly speed up the traffic
between your subnets.
Fiber Gigabit Ethernet enables Fiber cable 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.
