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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