{"id":1160,"date":"2026-05-12T22:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=1160"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:55:54","slug":"ethernet","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=ethernet","title":{"rendered":"Ethernet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=ethernet\"\r\n                    class=\"yaw-glossary yaw-glossary-main-link\"\r\n                    title=\"Ethernet\"\r\n                    data-bs-toggle=\"popover\"\r\n                    data-bs-html=\"true\"\r\n                    data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\"\r\n                    data-bs-content=\"&lt;p&gt;Ethernet is a family of networking technologies defined by the IEEE 802.3 standard. It governs how devices communicate over wired local area networks (LANs), including electrical signaling, frame structure, media access control (MAC), and physical cabling types. Ethernet supports speeds&hellip;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">Ethernet<\/a> is a family of networking technologies defined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?p=467\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"467\">IEEE 802.3 standard<\/a>. It governs how devices communicate over wired local area networks (LANs), including electrical signaling, frame structure, media access control (MAC), and physical cabling types. Ethernet supports speeds ranging from <strong>10 Mbps<\/strong> to <strong>100 Gbps+<\/strong>, using copper twisted\u2011pair cables, fiber\u2011optic links, or legacy coaxial systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Characteristics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uses <strong>baseband signaling<\/strong> (the entire channel is dedicated to Ethernet traffic).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses <strong>MAC addressing<\/strong> for device identification.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports <strong>star<\/strong>, <strong>extended star<\/strong>, and <strong>point\u2011to\u2011point<\/strong> topologies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Backward\u2011compatible across generations (10\/100\/1000\/10G).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operates at <strong>OSI Layer 1 (Physical)<\/strong> and <strong>Layer 2 (Data Link)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common Variants:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>10BASE\u2011T<\/strong> \u2014 10 Mbps over Cat3+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>100BASE\u2011TX<\/strong> \u2014 100 Mbps over Cat5+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1000BASE\u2011T<\/strong> \u2014 1 Gbps over Cat5e+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10GBASE\u2011T<\/strong> \u2014 10 Gbps over Cat6a+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>100GBASE\u2011LR4<\/strong> \u2014 100 Gbps over SMF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethernet is the dominant LAN technology used in homes, businesses, data centers, and industrial networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethernet is a family of networking technologies defined by the IEEE 802.3 standard. It governs how devices communicate over wired local area networks (LANs), including electrical signaling, frame structure, media access control (MAC), and physical cabling types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-1160","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1160\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}