Ethernet kept this same speed rating for more than 10 years.
Different forms of the standard were named starting with the number 10, including 10-Base2 and10-BaseT.
Fast Ethernet
The technology called Fast Ethernet was introduced in the mid-1990s.
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Other common names for this standard included 100-BaseT2 and 100-BaseTX.
Fast Ethernet was widely deployed as the need for greaterLANperformance became critical to universities and businesses.
A key element of its success was its ability to coexist with existing connection installations.
Mainstreamnetwork adaptersof the day were built to support both traditional and Fast Ethernet.
These 10/100 adapters sense the line speed automatically and adjust connection data rates accordingly.
10 Gigabit Ethernet operates at 10,000 Mbps.
40 Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet technologies have been under active development for some years.
Their initial usage is primarily for large data centers.
100 Gigabit Ethernet is already replacing 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the workplace and in the home.
It is not possible to exceed these speed ratings as they are maximum values.
Actual performance depends on many factors, including line interference or collisions that require applications to retransmit messages.
