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Originally Posted by srvy
NERD MOMENT!
Ethernet was invented as a wireless technology back in 1970s by Bob Metcalf and his team. The "Ether" part of the name referred to the wireless nature of sharing the same frequencies for multiple connections to communicate. All the protocols to deal with packet collisions and re-sending were about the wireless requirements of connecting Hawaiian islands together on a single computer network.
Later those packet layer protocols were applied to using coaxial wire to connect computers together then switching made collision detection unnecessary, but all the error correction aspects are still used.
Technically, Wi-Fi uses Ethernet protocols. So, technically, Ethernet is growing as Wi-Fi grows.
The title of the thread should be "The End of Cabled Networks?"
NERD OUT!!!
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WiFi's limit is always going to be distance. There's also no need for speeds as high as 1G locally on a LAN, video conferencing relies more on prioritization/class of service than total pipe size. My company has been deploying 40 & 100G ethernet services for the last 5 or so years, I don't see wifi coming anywhere near that, as its simply not needed and cost prohibitive.