Why use Fast Ethernet?
The growing importance of LANs and the increasing demand for data in a variety of forms (text, digital images, and voice) are fueling the need for high-bandwidth networks. To continue to support business operations, information systems (IS) managers must consider extending or replacing traditional network technologies with new, high-performance solutions. IS managers with networks already running on 10 megabit per second (Mbps) Ethernet have an advantage. They can easily upgrade to Fast Ethernet for 100 Mbps performance with minimal cost and service disruption. As a simple evolution of the familiar IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard, 100Base-T Fast Ethernet preserves the core structure of Ethernet and includes support for up to 100Mbps and the most widely used cabling schemes. It can be easily integrated with existing 10 Mbps Ethernet networks to provide ten times more network throughput to the desktop at a minimal incremental cost. Its interoperability with other low- and high-bandwidth net
