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Date:      Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:39:06 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        stuyman@confusion.net
Cc:        mike@mikesweb.com, wizard@sybaweb.co.za, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NIC settings
Message-ID:  <15790.968614746@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Sep 2000 15:36:06 -0400"
References:  <39BBE2A6.76BA1145@confusion.net>

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> Should not the router on the T1 be performing some sort of cacheing so
> that packets don't get retransmitted across the T1 every time a
> collision occurs?

Um, packets *don't* get retransmitted across the T1 every time a
collision occurs. In fact packets don't even get *to* the router's
Ethernet port until the collision is resolved.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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