RE: Fibre Optic - 100FX

2000-05-10 Thread Morris, Iain (EDS)
1/2 duplex has a potential for collisions hence the distance is set by the requirement for 512 bit intervals between transmissions?? full duplex the limit is set by the physical characteristics of the fiber?? well thats my guess im > -- > From: Tan Choh Koon[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Fibre Optic - 100FX

2000-05-10 Thread Cohen, Michael
This has to do with the "bit budget" constraint in the CSMA/CD protocol. The collision detection part of the CSMA/CD protocol only works while ethernet devices are transmitting data. If any collision happens after transmission then that collision is termed a "late collision" and will not cause et