Table 1.

Possible wired home networking technologies.

Characteristic	RS-485	CAN	Ethernet
Network Topology	Bus	Bus	Star
Theoretical Max Bandwidth	35 Mbit/s	1 Mbit/s	10 Mbit/s−100 Mbit/s
Practical Bandwidth	1 Mbit/s	1 Mbit/s	2 Mbit/s
Stack Size (Use of resources)	Light	Light Plus	Heavy
Management of Cabling	Complicated	Complicated	Straightforward