Uwe Klein <uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de> wrote: > With switches the problem tends to be the strategy for handling > (potentially) colliding traffic. > "Passthrough", "store-and-forward", "drop/cause resend" have > massively different transit times. > Depending on traffic density any single switch will use a mix of all > transfertypes.
I don't think it is what you meant by "drop/cause resend" but something else "new" in 1 Gigabit Ethernet relative to old 10/100 is support for pause and resume (moral equivalent to xon/xoff?) flow control. rick jones -- oxymoron n, commuter in a gas-guzzling luxury SUV with an American flag these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
