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To: Peter Ecclesine who wrote (9611)	12/10/2000 6:13:57 AM
From: justone	Respond to of 12823

Peter: All that is left of 'Ethernet' is the bit ordering in the media and within the packets/frames. Size or Type field indeed. ... 'wireless Ethernet' is defined by IEEE 802.11, promoted by WECA, www.wirelessethernet.com The meaning of words continue to evolve' Thanks for the note- you saved me reading 1553 pages. After some grumpy old timer mumbling about 'the real ethernet, back in 1976' I've now decided that the words ether-net are too good to lose. So even if they become marketing words, and have little technical meaning, they still can represent a easy scalable way to attach data devices to a data 'cloud'. It has gone way beyond the fat physical cables and into the wild blue wireless yonder. I thought they were going to call 802.11 WI-FI, a horrible name that alone makes me accept 'ethernet' as a brilliant alternative. But isn't "wireless ethernet" a pleonasm?