[OLUG] Collisions?

[Tim Russell]

Sorry, I was being facetious (sp?).  In actuality, collisions happen, it's
part of the protocol.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Lassek <lunatik at radiks.net>
To: olug at bstc.net <olug at bstc.net>
Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [OLUG] Collisions?


>Yeah, but unless it's a serious problem, it's not really worth it. The
>contention method ethernet uses was specifically designed to detect and
work
>around collisions. My friends and I set up a LAN party on the weekends, and
I
>know we have a buttload of collisions going on, just between four machines.
It
>doesn't seem to effect the bandwidth at all, though. We did it with a
switch
>once, and I don't recall a difference.



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