Advantage and disadvantage of ethernet protocol in network protocol
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Advantages of Ethernet:
To form an Ethernet, we do not need much cost. It is relatively inexpensive. It is costless as compare to other systems of connecting computers.
In Ethernet, all the node have the same privileges. It does not follow client-server architecture.
It does not require any switches or hubs
Maintenance and administration are simple.
The cable used to connect systems in ethernet is robust to noise.
As it is robust to the noise, the quality of the data transfer does not degrade. The data transfer quality is good.
With a Gigabit network, users can transfer data with the speed of 1-100Gbps.
Disadvantages of Ethernet:
It offers a nondeterministic service.
It does not hold good for real-time applications as it requires deterministic service.
As the network cannot set priority for the packets, it is not suitable for a client-server architecture.
In an interactive application, data is very small and need quick data transfer. In ethernet, there is a limit of the minimum size of the frame to 46B. The result of that, it is not a good choice for interactive applications.
If you are using it for interactive applications, you have to feed dummy data to make the frame size 46B which is mandatory.
Not suitable for traffic-intensive applications. If the traffic on the Ethernet increases, the efficiency of the Ethernet goes down.
It provides connectionless communication over the network.
After receiving a packet, the receiver doesn’t send any acknowledge.
If there is any problem in ethernet, it is difficult to troubleshoot what cable or node in the network causing an actual problem.