Many people have gadgets in their homes that connect to the internet, like cameras or doorbells. Some of these devices need both power and a network connection. Power Over Ethernet, or PoE, is a way ...

Traditionally, organizations have used Ethernet for TCP/IP networks, such as local area networks (LANs), and Fibre Channel for storage area networks (SANs). Fibre Channel protocol supports high-speed ...

Ethernet is ubiquitous, fast, and simple. You only need two diffpairs (four wires) to establish a 100Mbit link, the hardware is everywhere, you can do Ethernet over long distances easily, and tons of ...

With Ethernet turning 50 this year, Ars is resurfacing this feature on the development and evolution of Ethernet that was originally published in 2011. Although watching TV shows from the 1970s ...

Yes, token ring is gone, but it was never a flop. In retrospect, today’s Ethernet resembles more closely the token-ring IEEE 802.5 standard than it does its own original IEEE 802.3 standard. As ...