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On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 11:36:00PM +0100, Daniel Roesen wrote:

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Last time I checked, Ethernet is still CSMA/CD.

Ok, sure, half-duplex. People using auto-neg.

Only if you're running half-duplex, which is generally an error condition in modern networks.

And inter(frame)gap delay. http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/1997-11/msg00189.html This is why, IIRC, rs would have to wake up and go down to the MAE and reboot the giggle switch. -M<