On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Cisco Boy wrote:
> Can anyone help explain briefly the difference or advantages/disadvantages
> between Ethernet and ATM?I know Ethernet uses frames and ATM uses cells,
> right? But what makes what is it that would influence people to use ATM
> instead of Ethernet? Thanks in advance.-CiscoBoy
Ethernet (all flavors) has much better multicasting. ATM is better where
bandwidth reservation, guaranted low/bounded variations in transit time,
and similar QoS-related features, are required. For more insights in
these technologies, individually and in contrast, you should search the
list archives, or http://www.cisco.com/ (I think the Internetworking
Technology Overview discusses them). Other possible resources include
canonical GSer must-haves such as _Interconnections_ and _Computer
Networks_, also oft-mentioned in the archives of this here fine list.
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