Pane zvinhu zvakawanda zvakakosha kudzidza nezve Ethernet switch. Pano isu tinonyanya kusuma maitiro ekudzivirira kurasikirwa kwepaketi musimba rekudzora data reGigabit Ethernet switch. Kuyerera kwekudzora hakugone kuvandudza iyo data kuburikidza neiyo switch yese, asi inodzivirira kurasikirwa kwepaketi muchinja. Gigabit Ethernet yemuviri layer protocol IEEE inotsanangura akati wandei Gigabit Ethernet interfaces kune akasiyana emuviri midhiya, kusanganisira 1000Base-CX, 1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX, 1000Base-T.

Pakati pavo, 1000Base-CX iratidziro inoshandiswa pa155Ω yakaenzana coaxial tambo. Iko hakuna chigadzirwa chaicho mukuita. 1000Base-T iratidziro inogona kushandiswa kuchikamu chechishanu kana chepamusoro chakamonyoroka tambo mbiri. Chiyero chayo iIEEE802.3ab. Iyi chiyero yakangoburitswa muna Chikumi 1999, uye zvino zvigadzirwa zvekutengesa zvakangotangwa mumusika.

1000Base-SX inoshandisa 850nm wavelength laser interface, iyo inokodzera chete multimode fiber. 1000Base-LX inoshandisa 1300nm wavelength laser interface, yakakodzera single-mode uye akawanda-mode fiber. 1000Base-SX inonyanya kushandiswa kune kambasi network uye bhizinesi network musana.

1000Base-LX inonyanya kushandiswa mumadhorobha nharaunda network. Iye zvino imwe inoshandiswa zvakanyanya metropolitan area network ndeyekureba Gigabit Ethernet switch optical interface ye1000Base-LH. Kazhinji, lasers ane wavelengths ye1300nm kana 1550nm anoshandiswa, anogona kusvika kupfuura 50km. Kunyangwe chinhambwe chekufambisa che100km pasina relay.

Zvinoda kutaurwa kuti, nekuti IEEE inopa iyo Gigabit Ethernet yekufambisa chinhambwe pasi peyakaipisisa mamiriro ekutapurirana, mumashandisirwo chaiwo, kureba kwekutapurirana kwezvigadzirwa zvevagadziri vakasiyana-siyana kunodarika zvakajairwa, seAlcatel's PowerRail 1000 Iyo 1000Base- LX interface ye mega routing switch inogona kufambisa 22km isina relay muyedzo chaiyo.