The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years::The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I was having a discussion about this with a colleague at work about the so-called “HDMI over Ethernet” and how it’s a misnomer. As you said, Ethernet is a protocol, not a physical medium. I know a lot of people refer to the cable as “Ethernet cable” but the HDMI signal is being sent over CAT6 cables. There’s no encapsulation into Ethernet frames being done.

    • GaMEChld@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Didn’t he say that it’s a framework for protocols, not a protocol? Or am I parsing the comment incorrectly?

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Eh, it’s both. Ethernet is layer 2. It is your MAC address, more or less. There’s some functionality to it beyond simple hardware addressing, but it provides a scaffold for other, higher layer protocols to operate on top of.

        So ethernet, in and of itself is a protocol, and it also provides a framework for other protocols like IP.