[TI-H] Re: TI Networking.


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[TI-H] Re: TI Networking.




Quoting David Knaack <dknaack@rdtech.com>:
> Quoting jeff <jefromi42@yahoo.com>:
> If you are talking ethernet, they don\\\'t.  Ethernet cards just wait
> until
> the line appears clear, then they start talking.  If the card detects
> a
> packet collision, it stops talking, waits for a random delay, then
> starts
> over.  In very high traffic networks, the data rate can go way down
> because of high collision rates.

Of course, thats inside a given collision domain.  If the
collision domain consists of one computer (ie, a fully
switched network), then there are no collisions.

DK



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