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Gigabit Ethernet Testing Area

The Gigabit Ethernet Consortium was originally established in 1997. It is funded by member companies who share a common goal of fostering interoperability within Gigabit Ethernet products and increasing the market feasibility of Gigabit Ethernet technology. The Gigabit Ethernet Consortium tests Gigabit Ethernet (Std 802.3TM-2005) products and software from both an interoperability and conformance prspective.

A few benefits of membership include:

  • The Gigabit Ethernet Consortium can be thought of an extension of an in-house test lab and can help decrease the time to market for 1000Mb/s Ethernet devices by identifying potential interoperability issues early in the development process.
  • Membership to the Gigabit Ethernet Consortium gives one access to a large and extensive testbed of 1000BASE-T, 1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX devices from more than 25 different companies.
  • The Gigabit Ethernet Consortium also offers a large number of conformance test suites in a flexible and friendly testing environment.
  • Testing is done using cutting edge testing equipment and our own customized testing software and hardware.
  • Members will receive an industry recognized test report for all testing done.

The UNH-IOL also provides 10BASE-T Testing Services, Fast Ethernet, 10Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet Consortia.

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