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http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/ -- RFC 1149 Compliant. Get in my head: http://sar.dynu.com ""Brian Hill"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > > > The IEEE annex that covered full-duplex (802.3x) probably > > didn't mention > > slot time. That annex was rolled into the 802.3 2000 edition, > > however, > > which of course does cover slot time since it still covers > > CSMA/CD, > > repeaters, etc. (in addition to full-duplex operation.) > > > > Thanks, I was beginning to think I had bad info on slot time as well. It > turns out you were saying that all devices that use CSMA/CD (i.e. > multiaccess), not all Ethernet devices, use the slot time, which is how I > understood it in the first place, I just misunderstood what you were saying :( > > > > Well, now we are getting into EE talk. ;-) Everything is analog > > at some > > level, isn't it? But an Ethernet repeater works on a Manchester > > encoded > > digital signal. (MLT-3 encoding for 100 Mbps). I think your > > second > > statement is closest to the truth (that the repeater converts > > the analog > > signal into a digital representation and creates a new analog > > signal). But > > I don't know the exact details. > > Great, that makes perfect sense :) There is that Manchester encoding again. > Do you know where I can find good documentation on it? > > > > > I'm sorry I was so punchy in the previous message. > > > > No problem Priscilla :) You guys (and gals) actually cleared up a lot of old > misconceptions in this whole long list of stuff, which is great considering > that documents on the dirty inner workings of Ethernet are hard to find > unless you happen to be an IEEE member. :P Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44514&t=44408 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
