giuliomagnifico@alien.topB to HardwareEnglish · 10 months agoEthernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Yearsspectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEthernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Yearsspectrum.ieee.orggiuliomagnifico@alien.topB to HardwareEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squarecp5184@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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-up1·10 months 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-up1·10 months 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.