Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
FDDI is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard that defines a dual Token Ring LAN operating at 100 Mbps over an optical fiber medium. It is used
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Token Ring Operation
Station access to a Token Ring is deterministic; a station can transmit only when it receives a special frame called a token. One station on a token ring
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Token Ring (IEEE 802.5)
The Token Ring network was originally developed by IBM in the 1970s. It is still IBM’s primary LAN technology and is second only to Ethernet in general LAN
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High-Speed Ethernet Options
 – Fast Ethernet  – Fast EtherChannel®  – Gigabit Ethernet  – Gigabit EtherChannel We’ve mentioned that Ethernet also has high speed options that are currently available. Fast Ethernet is
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Ethernet Reliability
Ethernet is known as being a very reliable local area networking protocol. In this example, A is transmitting information and B also has information to transmit. Let’s say
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Ethernet and Fast Ethernet
This chart give you an idea of the range of Ethernet protocols including their data rate, maximum segment length, and medium. Ethernet has survived as an essential media
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Ethernet
Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 Ethernet was initially developed by Xerox. They were later joined by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and Intel to define the Ethernet 1 specification in
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