Atlantis Land 8 ports 10/100/1000Mbps ユーザーズマニュアル

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disruptive and smooth evolution nature, and the dominating 
potential market base, virtually guarantee cost effective and 
high performance Fast Ethernet solutions in the years to come. 
100Mbps Fast Ethernet is a new standard specified by the 
IEEE 802.3 LAN committee.  It is an extension of the 10Mbps 
Ethernet standard with the ability to transmit and receive data at 
100Mbps, while maintaining the CSMA/CD Ethernet protocol.  
Since the 100Mbps Fast Ethernet is compatible with all other 
10Mbps Ethernet environments, it provides a straightforward 
upgrade and takes advantage of the existing investment in 
hardware, software, and personnel training. 
Switching Technology 
Another key development pushing the limits of Ethernet 
technology is in the field of switching technology. A switch 
bridges Ethernet packets at the MAC address level of the 
Ethernet protocol transmitting among connected Ethernet or 
fast Ethernet LAN segments. 
Switching is a cost-effective way of increasing the total network 
capacity available to users on a local area network. A switch 
increases capacity and decreases network loading by making it 
possible for a local area network to be divided into different 
segments
 which don’t compete with each other for network 
transmission capacity, giving a decreased load on each.