Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Types of Network

Main Networks are

  • Ethernet
  • FDDI
  • Token Ring
  • ARCnet
  • AppleTalk

Other Network Types

  • Fiber channel - Operates at 256 Mbps or 1 Gbps. It was developed for peripheral devices like disk arrays, but is now used for point to point networking for full duples server to server communications. It is the lowest cost 1 Gbps network.
  • Gigabit Ethernet - This type of ethernet places ethernet packets in fiber channel packets. The fiber channel network works like an ethernet bridge.

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