Question

Describe briefly about standard and fast ethernet?

Answer 1

Fast Ethernet is a local area network
(LAN) transmission standard that
provides a data rate of 100 megabits
per second (referred to as "100BASE-T").
Workstations with existing 10 megabit
per second (10BASE-T) Ethernet card
can be connected to a Fast Ethernet
network. (The 100 megabits per second
is a shared data rate; input to each
workstation is constrained by the 10
Mbps card.)

Answer 2

In computer networking, Fast Ethernet is a collective term for a number of Ethernetstandards that carry traffic at the nominal rate of 100 Mbit/s (the earlier Ethernet speed was 10 Mbit/s). Of the Fast Ethernet standards, 100BASE-TX is by far the most common.

Fast Ethernet was introduced in 1995 as the IEEE 802.3u standardand remained the fastest version of Ethernet for three years before the introduction of Gigabit Ethernet.The acronym GE/FE is sometimes used for devices supporting both standards.