Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:00:07 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Mark <offworld@richnet.net> Cc: "'freebsd-small@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is BSD capable?? Message-ID: <20010425100006.B32753@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <006f01c0cd6b$ceba8960$6b95efd1@quick>; from offworld@richnet.net on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 05:40:42AM -0400 References: <002001c0cc6d$be9aee20$8995efd1@quick> <01042421341401.14955@offworld1.net> <20010424145138.B30762@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <01042503542301.15147@offworld1.net> <20010424210332.A30795@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <006f01c0cd6b$ceba8960$6b95efd1@quick>
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--XF85m9dhOBO43t/C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 05:40:42AM -0400, Mark wrote: > I would say that the system is far from being oversubscribed. I would call > it the "hidden node" problem. These are not smart radios, more like bridg= es. The rts/cts handshake is designed to solve the hidden node problem. The RTS tells everyone who can hear it that they can't broadcast and the CTS does the same. Assuming minimal weird multipath (always a issue at 2.4Ghz) that means no one should talk until the message is sent. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --XF85m9dhOBO43t/C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE65wKWXY6L6fI4GtQRAhZ9AJ9kIad4LjiWd3FKaWD5gRdkXkeHEgCePSjD ySZJkuUCJdHKSd120h8yzOs= =fVSE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XF85m9dhOBO43t/C-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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