... was founded in 1946, has 89 member countries. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (formally known as CCITT) has 200 governmental members and 500 sector members. ITU members include AT&T, Vodafone, Compaq, Intel and Xerox amongst others. ITU proposals reflect technical changes to communication interfaces and are either accepted as the standard or sometimes not adopted Tanenbaum (2002 p.74). The BSI (British ... ...

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... data communications over the network. Ethernet An Ethernet is a widely used LAN technology. It was first developed by Xerox, but soon was implemented and used at Xerox, DEC (now HP Compaq), and Intel. Using the Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) access method as a protocol, which is an IEEE 802.3 standard, it is a bus network that uses a broadband ... ...

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... configuring the home network starts by setting the IP address of each workstation. To set the IP address, you right click on the "My Network Places- icon on the computer desktop and select properties. Next, right click on the "Local Area Connection 2- icon and select properties again. This will display the properties of your network card. Select the Internet Protocol (TCP ... ...

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... original 10-Mbit/s coax systems have mostly been replaced by 100Mbit/s twisted-pair Fast Ethernet. A newer version handles 1 Gbit/s on CAT5 (Category 5) wiring as an LAN backbone or to the desktop. The 1- and 10-Gbit/s optical fiber versions of Ethernet will ensure a continuation of this flexible and endurable technology. The 1-Gbit Ethernet (1 GE) configuration is being widely adopted in large LAN ... ...

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... use different servers to communicate with one another. The transport layer allows two hosts to communicate with one another, regardless of the difference in their design. An example would be a desktop PC communicating with a workstation. The internet layer uses directs packets from a source host to the destination host using a different router(s). A route is what is used to describe when a specific message ... ...

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... original 10-Mbit/s coax systems have mostly been replaced by 100Mbit/s twisted-pair Fast Ethernet. A newer version handles 1 Gbit/s on CAT5 (Category 5) wiring as an LAN backbone or to the desktop. The 1- and 10-Gbit/s optical fiber versions of Ethernet will ensure a continuation of this flexible and endurable technology. The 1-Gbit Ethernet (1 GE) configuration is being widely adopted in large LAN ... ...

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... at 10Mbps. The other main network technology is Token Ring which runs at either 4 or 16Mbps. At these speeds companies that produce extremely large files, such as a medical centre or desktop publishing company, can experience long delays when sending such data across their network. These delays have led to a need for High-Speed Networks. There are a number of different technologies available ... ...

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