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Posted by Robert Redelmeier on November 21, 2006, 10:48 am
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typingcat@gmail.com wrote in part:
> I know that in Ethernet, we must wait for 96 bit times of
> silent time before starting to send a frame. But why 96
> bit times? Is there any specific reason for this number?
Sounds like homework! We don't do that around here, but I'll give
you a _big_ hint: ethernet originally was shared medium [coax,
aka yellow garden hose] of carefully limited overall length.
-- Robert
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