Figure 4-1: A Short History of Ethernet standards · Ethernet The dominant wired Lan technology today Only"competitor"is wireless LANs(which actually are supplementary) The EEE 802 Committee LAn standards development is done primarily by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) lEEE created the 802 LAN Man Standards committee for Lan standards(the 802 Committee 4-34-3 Figure 4-1: A Short History of Ethernet Standards • Ethernet – The dominant wired LAN technology today – Only “competitor” is wireless LANs (which actually are supplementary) • The IEEE 802 Committee – LAN standards development is done primarily by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – IEEE created the 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee for LAN standards (the 802 Committee)