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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years (spectrum.ieee.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (11 children)

There's a list of 802.3 standards at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.3, if anyone's curious to see the development and future of ethernet. Some of the numbers involved are absolutely crazy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I have how long 1Gb stuck along. >1Gb switches are still relatively expensive

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Also, most 10Gb switches lack 2.5Gb support. Enterprise switches don't give a shit about 2.5. And high-end consumer stuff is only supporting 2.5Gb. Plus copper 10Gb is significantly more expensive than fiber optic 10Gb.

You can find a huge range of 1/10Gb switches for enterprise, but it's nearly impossible to find something at a reasonable price that has 1/2.5/10 copper ports.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Most of those old enterprise 10Gb switches pre-date 2.5/5 by a fair bit. That's why they don't support the NBASE-T speeds.

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