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Inside this Article
  1. Introduction to How Ethernet Works
  2. Why Network?
  3. Local Area vs. Wide Area
  1. The Ethernet
  2. Ethernet Basics
  3. Ethernet Terminology
  4. See more »
    1. Ethernet Medium
    2. CSMA/CD
    3. Collision Detection
    4. Limitations of Ethernet
    5. Repeaters
    6. Segmentation
    7. Bridges
    8. Routers: Logical Segmentation
    9. Switched Ethernet
    10. Full-duplex Ethernet
    11. Ethernet or 802.3?
    12. Alternative Network Technologies: Token Ring
    13. Alternative Network Technologies: Asynchronous transfer mode
    14. Lots More Information
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Inside this Article
  1. Introduction to How Ethernet Works
  2. Why Network?
  3. Local Area vs. Wide Area
  4. The Ethernet
  5. Ethernet Basics
  6. Ethernet Terminology
  7. Ethernet Medium
  8. CSMA/CD
  9. Collision Detection
  10. Limitations of Ethernet
  11. Repeaters
  1. Segmentation
  2. Bridges
  3. Routers: Logical Segmentation
  4. Switched Ethernet
  5. Full-duplex Ethernet
  6. Ethernet or 802.3?
  7. Alternative Network Technologies: Token Ring
  8. Alternative Network Technologies: Asynchronous transfer mode
  9. Lots More Information
  10. See all Networking articles
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