A bridge is a network device that connects multiple LANs (local area networks) together to form a larger LAN. The process of aggregating networks is called network bridging. A bridge connects the different components so that they appear as parts of a single network. Bridges operate at the data link ... Read More

Virtual Local Area Networks or Virtual LANs (VLANs) are a logical group of computers that appear to be on the same LAN irrespective of the configuration of the underlying physical network. Network administrators partition the networks to match the functional requirements of the VLANs so that each VLAN comprise of ... Read More

Network switching is the process of forwarding data frames or packets from one port to another leading to data transmission from source to destination. Data link layer is the second layer of the Open System Interconnections (OSI) model whose function is to divide the stream of bits from physical layer ... Read More

Ethernet is a set of technologies and protocols that are used primarily in LANs. The performance of Ethernet is analysed by computing the efficiency of the channel under different load conditions.Let us assume an Ethernet network has k stations and each station transmits with a probability p during a contention ... Read More

Throughput of a system refers to the rate of processing of a task thereby generating results. Ethernet is a set of technologies primarily used in LANs, whose primary data units are frames. The throughput of Ethernet is measured by the rate of successful delivery of frames over a communication channel.There ... Read More

Ethernet is a set of technologies and protocols that are used primarily in LANs. The performance of Ethernet is analysed by computing the efficiency of the channel under different load conditions.Let us assume an Ethernet network has k stations and each station transmits with a probability p during a contention ... Read More

In computer networks, Fast Ethernet is a variation of Ethernet standards that carry data traffic at 100 Mbps (Mega bits per second) in local area networks (LAN). It was launched as the IEEE 802.3u standard in 1995, and stayed the fastest network till the introduction of Gigabit Ethernet.Fast Ethernet is ... Read More

100BASE-FX is the technical name of Fast Ethernet over fiber optic cables. It is a version of Fast Ethernet carrying data traffic at 100 Mbps (Mega bits per second) in local area networks (LAN). It was launched as the IEEE 802.3u standard in 1995. Here, 100 is the maximum throughput, ... Read More

100BASE-T4 is the early implementation of Fast Ethernet over twisted pair cables, carrying data traffic at 100 Mbps (Mega bits per second) in local area networks (LAN). It was launched as the IEEE 802.3u standard in 1995. Here, 100 is the maximum throughput, i.e. 100 Mbps, BASE denoted use of ... Read More

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) is a network protocol for carrier transmission that operates in the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. It senses or listens whether the shared channel for transmission is busy or not, and defers transmissions until the channel is free.When more than one stations ... Read More