The major network access methods include Ethernet, Token Ring, ARCNET, FDDI, and ATM. Visit "Networking: A Primer" at ropnorth.org/network/network%20primer.htm for background information on LANs, reviews of all major network protocols, and discussions of hubs, bridges, routers, and switches (no longer available at www.baynetworks.com/Products/Papers/wp-primer.html). To learn more about Ethernet, check out Lantronix's Ethernet Tutorial at www.lantronix.com/training/tutorials. Lantronix has produced Ethernet and Fast Ethernet products since 1989. Charles Spurgeon's Ethernet Web Site at www.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet (formerly wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet) displays a drawing of the first Ethernet system and includes links to technical papers, a list of vendors, FAQs, configuration guides, and Ethernet Usenet groups. For a comprehensive presentation of Token Ring technology, visit the High-Speed Token Ring Web site at www.hstra.com, where you can find news articles, white papers, case studies, and related links. You can find ARCNET features and benefits, a resource guide, and a list of companies with example applications at the ARCNET Trade Association's Web site at www.arcnet.com. Cisco Systems presents a thorough discussion of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) at www.cisco.com/
univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/fddi.htm. The Cell Relay Retreat at cell.onecall.net/cell-relay (formerly cell-relay.indiana.edu/cell-relay) has links to documents that will help you get started with ATM, including a FAQ list, dictionary, acronyms list, and tutorials, among many other resources. To learn more about the ATM standard, you can connect to the Asynchronous Transfer Mode Tutorial at www.npac.syr.edu/users/mahesh/homepage/atm_tutorial.