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Date:      Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:18:43 -0400
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wireless lans with multiple accesspoints
Message-ID:  <20020619151842.GD23903@pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020619151312.063275D06@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20020619145617.GB23903@pir.net> <20020619151312.063275D06@ptavv.es.net>

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Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> probably said:
> Simply stated, no. Per 802.3, collisions are a local event. There is
> no way for a switch to "send a collision" and the section of 802.3 on
> full-duplex is specific that collision detection MUST be disabled. A
> switch does not divide a broadcast domain, but does divide a collision
> domain.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

Collision detection is not always disabled, collisions do happen if
they are supposed to or not.

P.

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