giuliomagnifico@alien.topB to Hardware@hardware.watchEnglish · 1 year agoEthernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Yearsspectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarecp5184@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt does and it doesn’t. Most wired ethernet isn’t on shared media, so it doesn’t need/use csma/cd… But wireless is based on ethernet and uses csma/cd (wifi) presumably
minus-squarebg370@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI wonder if we were still using hubs back then. We bought a bunch of Cabletron switches around that time
minus-squareCoffee_Ops@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWireless uses csma/CA, IIRC. It avoids collisions rather than detecting and responding.
It does and it doesn’t. Most wired ethernet isn’t on shared media, so it doesn’t need/use csma/cd… But wireless is based on ethernet and uses csma/cd (wifi) presumably
I wonder if we were still using hubs back then. We bought a bunch of Cabletron switches around that time
Wireless uses csma/CA, IIRC. It avoids collisions rather than detecting and responding.