Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 14:39:45 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'fxp' driver/hardware lossage (was Re: Alexander B. Povol's mail) Message-ID: <17057.875363985@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:42:14 %2B0000 (GMT)" References: <199709271142.EAA24360@usr04.primenet.com>
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> > That's only true of coaxial media. Over twisted pair, if you see > > data start arriving on the receive pair while your transmitting then > > you have to assume that the data is being sent by another station > > and you've got a collision situation. > > Isn't this the hub's responsibility to distinguish and prevent? Nope. A hub doesn't do anything with collisions - it just propagates them bit by bit. The NICs sense the collision. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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