Ethernet is a network access method in which a node
wanting to transmit data first must determine if any if other
node is sending a transmission.
– IF so, the node waits a short period of time and then checks
again when no transmissions are being sent, the node sends its
transmission.
– When two nodes check and then transmit at the same time,
their two transmission collide. Both nodes then stop
transmitting, wait a random amount of time, check again, and
the send their transmission.
• Networking using a bus or star topology commonly use the
Ethernet access method.
– Which can transmit data from 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps to 1000
Mbps.