Terms can sometimes play tricks on the mind. Take EtherNet/IP, for example. Many people will read “IP” as internet protocol and think that EtherNet/IP refers to plain old, standard industrial Ethernet ...

Ethernet has dominated wired computer-networking technology for decades, evidenced by its wide adoption in office, business, data-center, and home applications. Only more recently, though, has ...

As the fieldbus wars of years past continue to be waged on the periphery of industrial automation applications, the battle over which Ethernet protocol to use has moved to the forefront along with the ...

The technology started with 10-Mb/s coax cabling (10BASE5). Twisted-pair and RJ45 connectors quickly replaced that, while fiber optics was implemented for high-speed, long-distance communication.

Except for some edge cases where extreme low-latency or high bandwidth is absolutely required, the Ethernet protocol absolutely rules networking in the datacenter, around the campus, and in our homes.

Newbury Park, Calif. — Absolute Analysis has launched what it claims is the industry's first 10 Gbits/s Ethernet protocol analyzer that uses a SFP+ (small-form-factor pluggable) interface and supports ...

Several efforts in Ethernet development and add-on technologies to the standard are making it possible for lower-cost Ethernet gear to be deployed in factory networks, where LAN gear controls the ...

One networking protocol that’s gotten a big push — largely from Cisco — in recent years is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). While Cisco doesn’t break out sales figures for FCoE-enabled switches, ...