[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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