100 Mbps Fast Ethernet

The resources listed here are specific to the 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet system (IEEE 802.3u).


  • Quick Reference Guide to 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet The Guide describes the operation and media types for 100 Mbps baseband Fast Ethernet media.

  • An Introduction to Auto-Negotiation This paper, authored by Bill Bunch, editor of Clause 28 (Auto-Negotiation) of the IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-T standard, describes the Auto-Negotiation system that can be used to automatically configure a Fast Ethernet hub.

  • Dan Kegel's Fast Ethernet Page

  • Fast Ethernet Consortium

  • More 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet tutorials collected by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab.

  • Donald Becker's Fast Ethernet interfaces page Describes Fast Ethernet interfaces and software drivers being used by the Beowulf project.

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