Talk:Varieties of Ethernet

Title
The title should be "Ethernet (Varieties)" IMO KelleyCook 17:17, 5 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I disagree. That's the disambiguation form which would imply there's some ambiguity between this page and Ethernet.  This page is not about ethernet, but the varieties of ethernet (or "ethernet varieties"). Cburnett 04:48, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge or not
I think each individual article (Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, etc.) are important and long enough to stand on its own. This article should basically be a list with brief descriptions like what we have today. LeiZhu 21:29, 6 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the original discussion was on Talk:Ethernet. I think the merges can be removed. Cburnett 02:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

"Main article" links for sections?
Should sections for types of Ethernet that have their own articles have "Main article" links added, to point to the Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10-gigabit Ethernet pages? Guy Harris 03:05, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge with "Ethernet physical layer"?
The Ethernet physical layer page also summarizes various varieties of Ethernet up to 100Mb/s; it currently gives some gigabit details, but those should go into the Gigabit Ethernet page and the gigabit section should turn into a summary. Should that page and this page be merged? Guy Harris 21:09, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, please merge.
 * Later, when the merged article gets "too big", we'll have to split it up again -- but perhaps we will find a better way to split it up -- perhaps "copper Ethernet" vs "fiber Ethernet" vs. "wireless Ethernet".
 * --70.189.73.224 02:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge done. Guy Harris 07:56, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

ethernet over twisted-pair cable
I added a rough draft of the table.

The "z" are just place holders. Please replace them "transmit+", "transmit-", "bidi+", "bidi-", etc. (I hope people looking for such a table will find even this half-finished table better than nothing).

The random web site I referenced for 10BASE-T "TX" and "RX" is a little vague. Does "TX" mean the computer transmitting to the hub, or is "TX" the lines the hub uses to transmit to the computer?

--70.189.73.224 02:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

"Ethernet card"
culd any body tell me that why an NIC (Network Interface Card) is called and Ethernet Card too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prakash82x (talk • contribs) 03:25, 1 October 2006 (UTC)


 * If the NIC is an Ethernet interface, it's called an "Ethernet card" because it is an Ethernet card.


 * If it's not an Ethernet interface, it'd be called an "Ethernet card" because the person calling it that doesn't understand that not all networks are Ethernet. Guy Harris 06:54, 3 October 2006 (UTC)