ʻO Fast Ethernet (FE) ka huaʻōlelo no Ethernet ma ka ʻupena kamepiula, e hāʻawi ana i ka helu hoʻololi o 100Mbps. ʻO ka IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-T Fast Ethernet maʻamau i hoʻolauna mua ʻia e ka IEEE i ka makahiki 1995, a ʻo ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻouna ʻana o ka Ethernet wikiwiki ma mua he 10Mbps. ʻO ka maʻamau ʻo Fast Ethernet ʻekolu mau ʻāpana: 100BASE-FX, 100BASE-TX, a me 100BASE-T4. Hōʻike ka 100 i ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻouna ʻana o 100Mbit/s. "BASE" 'o ia ho'i ka ho'ouna 'ana i ka band base; ʻO ka leka ma hope o ka pākuʻi e pili ana i ka mea hoʻouna e lawe ana i ka hōʻailona, ʻo "T" ke kū nei no ka hui wili (keleawe), ʻo "F" ke ʻano o ka fiber optical; ʻO ke ʻano hope loa (huakaʻi "X", helu "4", a me nā mea ʻē aʻe) e pili ana i ke ʻano code laina i hoʻohana ʻia. Hōʻike ka papa ma lalo i nā ʻano Ethernet wikiwiki maʻamau.
Hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka Ethernet wikiwiki, hiki i ka Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ke hāʻawi i ka helu hoʻololi o 1000Mbps ma kahi pūnaewele kamepiula. ʻO ka maʻamau Gigabit Ethernet (i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka IEEE 802.3ab standard) ua paʻi ʻia e IEEE ma 1999, he mau makahiki wale nō ma hope o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka maʻamau Fast Ethernet, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻohana nui ʻia a hiki i ka makahiki 2010. o IEEE 803.2 Ethernet a me ka CSMA/CD media access control method, hiki ke hana i ka hapalua duplex a me ka piha duplex mode. Loaʻa iā Gigabit Ethernet nā kaula like a me nā mea hana me Fast Ethernet, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka waiwai. Me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o Gigabit Ethernet, ua ʻike ʻia nā mana hou aʻe, e like me 40G Ethernet a me 100G Ethernet. Loaʻa i ka Gigabit Ethernet nā kūlana papa kino like ʻole, e like me 1000BASE-X, 1000BASE-T, a me 1000BASE-CX.
