Difference between Industrial Ethernet and Standard Ethernet

 

There are several differences between the industrial Ethernet and the standard Ethernet. They must be more robust than the standard Ethernet. Industrial Ethernet has gained so much popularity in such a short time in the world of manufacturing. Both kinds of Ethernet are different from each other in every characteristic.

What is Ethernet?

Ethernet is (ethernet คือ, which is the term in Thai) nothing but a group of local area networks or rather known as LAN. It is covered by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering 802.3 which is regarded as IEEE. Mainly IEEE defines the physical and data link layer of the wired Ethernet media. Computers are enabled by Ethernet to get connected with a network, otherwise, in today’s world, it is impossible to communicate. It began it’s a journey as a single cable line network but now it is spreading its arm towards new technology. That’s why now it is the most popular and widely used network technology in the whole world.

When it is connected with the industry, it is called the Industrial Ethernet. But the cables used here are more rugged, the connectors are modified. It is done for the betterment of business purposes.  It uses some specialized protocols in the connection with Ethernet. 

The industrial Ethernet provides the data speed of 10Mbps to 1Gbps. The most popular data speed is near 100 Mbps. 

Several other Differences

You will find the more offices use the standard Ethernet because it is made basically to do the ground level staff. But the industrial Ethernet is made more something heavy, and it can be applied to multiple levels. 

Connectors and Cables also differ in these two kinds like the mechanism in the industrial Ethernet is not as light as the standard Ethernet. The jacket coating and the rough environment also differ. Low light industries are more convenient for the use of industrial Ethernet as it offers several other port abilities than the normal Ethernet. 

A standard one is not deterministic at all but the industrial Ethernet requires determinism, and that’s the main thing that separates these two. Industrial Ethernet makes sure that the data is delivered and received at the exact time, there is no delay. Otherwise, there will be a disaster in the world of industry. There are several popular industrial Ethernet is available in the market & every kind of Ethernet has its specificity. It is all up to the company which kind of Ethernet they want.