Though its broad use in industrial applications was in question just a decade ago, few people today would argue with the fact that Ethernet has fast become the preferred industrial network ...

Today's incumbent service providers are seeking to accommodate increasing demands for bandwidth, security and service level management resulting from the proliferation of LAN-based applications.

Figure 1. A screen capture of an exchange between a desktop computer and a DHCP server. Click here to see an enlarged diagram. Frequently, all that is required to establish a connection to the ...