Businesses can also use metropolitan-area Ethernet to connect their own offices to each other.
It provides for configuration of devices using out-of-band Ethernet and in-band wireless networks.
In this case, the hybrid network uses both Ethernet (802.3) and Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) standards.
The system was integrated to the local area network using standard Ethernet.
Almost all such equipment also supports wired connections, typically using power over Ethernet or (less often in outdoor applications) unpowered Ethernet.
They connect computers and servers in small to medium-sized networks using Ethernet.
The LXI standard defines the communication protocols for instrumentation and data acquisition systems using Ethernet.
The ideal situation is one where both machines are hooked up to your home network (and, through this, the Internet) using Ethernet.
Optical networks generally use Ethernet.
The idea to use standard Ethernet makes these systems more inter-operable.