Difference between Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet

Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet are various types of ethernet and are very high in speed.

Following are the important differences between Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet.

Sr. No.	Key	Fast Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet
1	Successor	Fast Ethernet is successor of 10-Base-T-Ethernet.	Gigabit Ethernet is successor of Fast Ethernet.
2	Network speed	Fast Ethernet speed is upto 100 Mbps.	Gigabit Ethernet speed is upto 1 Gbps.
3	Complexity	Fast Ethernet is simple to configure.	Gigabit Ethernet is quiet complex to configure.
4	Delay	Fast ethernet generates more delay.	Gigabit ethernet generates less delay than Fast Ethernet.
5	Coverage Limit	Fast Ethernet coverage limit is upto 10KM.	Gigabit Ethernet coverage limit is upto 70KM.
6	Round trip delay	Fast Ethernet round trip delay is 100 to 500 bit times.	Gigabit Ethernet round trip delay is 4000 bit times.

Updated on 27-Nov-2019 07:01:07