Media Independent Interface. Used with 100 Mb/s Ethernet systems to attach MAC level hardware to a variety of physical media systems. Similar to the AUI interface used with 10 Mb/s Ethernet systems. An MII provides a 40-pin connection to outboard transceivers (also called PHY devices).
The predefined physical layer interface for 100BASE-T.
Media Independent Interface Used in 10M and 100M Ethernet. A 2.5MHz or 25MHz interface with 4 bit wide data busses, between the MAC and the PHY as defined in the IEEE 802.3u standard. This interface is media independent i.e. it is the same whether the data is carried over copper or fiber cables.
Machine Independent I/O. A method of converting data that is independent of the host computer architecture. The library of procedures to perform these conversions.
Medium Independent Interface. Similar to the original AUI function, but designed to support both 10 and 100 Mbps, an MII provides a 40-pin connection to outboard transceivers (also called PHY devices). Used to attach 802.3 interfaces (MACs) to a variety of physical media systems.
The standard interface for Fast Ethernet. It is similar to the AUI interface for traditional Ethernet.
Media Independent Interface, New standard developed for Fast Ethernet in IEEE 802.3u specification. The Fast Ethernet equivalent to the AUI in 10 Mbps Ethernet, allowing different types of Fast Ethernet media to be connected to a Fast Ethernet device via a common interface.
Media Independent Interface The IEEE Ethernet standard control interface used to communicate between the Ethernet controller ( MAC) and the external PHY.
medium independent interface. The interface and protocol used to transition between the 100BASE-T network adapter and the varieties of 100BASE-T transceivers.
Media (or medium) independent interface. Provides the interconnection between the MAC sublayer and the physical sublayer devices and station management entities in a 10BASE-T or 100BASE-T network.