solarwind ha scritto: > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM, M. Adam Davis wrote: >> But so many people seem to be cautioning him against CSMA/CD that it >> makes me wonder, did ethernet bite them when they were kids? > > I would implement CSMA/CD right now if I knew how to detect > collisions. The protocol seems easy to implement, but I don't know how > to detect collisions. :) been explained in some posts. As per replying to Adam, the real issue is that Ethernet does use High Frequency carrier(s) that can be used "better" in order to detect collisions. The simple "1" and "0" states have not proven this good for the purpose. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist