Knowledge Base

An overview of the 10BASE-T Medium Attachment Unit.

A series of networking tutorials focused on Ethernet technology.

A brief list of acronyms used in the Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet consortia.

The purpose of this article is to discuss the concept of Bit Error Ratio testing, and will explain, using a minimum amount of math, the answer to the fairly common question: "How many bits do I need to send in order to verify that a devices exceeds a given BER?"

This is an all encompassing overview of Ethernet technologies, from 10Meg to 10Gig and how it all works.

Originally presented at the 2001 Network+Interop even in Atlanta.

A brief tutorial the covers the basics behind Clause 28:Auto-Negotiation.

Resource to find information about current and future Ethernet technologies.

Overview of internetworking basics and technologies, provided by Cisco Systems.

A brief tutorial that covers the basics behind the Clause 40 Automatic MDI/MDI-X Configuration.

Representing the first public summary of objective, multi-vendor Ethernet conformance and interoperability testing conducted over an extended period. This whitepaper summarizes seven years of Fast and Gigabit Ethernet testing data gathered through the end of 2005, including test reports from 900 individual products representing several hundred companies.

View this for a basic introduction to Copper and Fiber Ethernet Auto-Negotiation.

An overview of how the UNH-IOL Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet Consortia create the cable plants that are used during InterOperability testing for 1000BASE-T devices.

Tutorial generated by the IEEE EFM task force.

A brief introduction to auto-negotiation created by the UNH-IOL.