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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