Although Ethernet hasn’t been widely used in the automotive industry until recent years, it’s a mature technology with over 30 years of use in the wider networking market. Developed in the 1970s, it ...

Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology allows a twisted-pair Ethernet cable to provide power to electric devices, in addition to data. This is most commonly found in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, ...

Ethernet was invented in a memo that I wrote on May 22, 1973 at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Dave Boggs and I built our first experimental Ethernet in 1974 to connect dozens of Xerox Alto ...

In today’s day and age the majority of businesses, regardless of size, rely on the internet for their day-to-day operations. However, with a staggering choice in connectivity options, it can be ...

Setting up a network for your small business can be tricky work -- there are a lot of parts involved, and every computer on the network has to have the correct equipment in order to transfer files and ...

Sometimes the simplest questions are the best. On our last Network World/Tolly State of the LAN tour, a network manager in attendance said the following (and I paraphrase): “OK. Ethernet is great.

There was a time, before I started covering broadband for CNET, I didn't think much about how the internet actually worked. Like most people, I only noticed it when my connection went down. Once I ...

Using Wi-Fi is nice, but the truth is it doesn’t beat a good Ethernet connection. Ethernet provides much higher speeds, lower latency, improved stability, better security, and it can even transmit ...

The way we move data around massive computer systems is changing really fast. Ultra Ethernet, or U-Ethernet, is the newest contender in high-speed networking, and it is built from the ground up to ...