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Ethernet is the most widely used physical transport medium for local area networks (LANs). Based on IEEE 802.3, it makes use of a bus topology to transfer data. Standard Ethernet can transfer data at a rate of 10 Mbit/s, 100 Base-T (Fast Ethernet) at 100 Mbit/s, and Gigabit Ethernet at 1000 Mbit/s (1 Gbit/s). Mac OS X supports all three types. All current Apple Macintosh hardware supports standard and Fast Ethernet, and some newer hardware supports Gigabit Ethernet. Developers use Ethernet to take advantage of existing Ethernet networks or to enable networking at higher speeds than may be available using wireless networks.
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