Re: Collision on NIC

From: Matthew D. Fuller (fullermd_at_over-yonder.net)
Date: 05/31/03

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    Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 17:15:59 -0500
    To: Erwane Breton <breton@erwane.net>
    
    

    On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 06:26:56PM +0200 I heard the voice of
    Erwane Breton, and lo! it spake thus:
    > > >
    > > > Well, I don't see the problem.
    > > >
    > > > My math says that that's .03% collision rate, which is so deep in the
    > > > noise as to be practically zero. What do you _think_ it should be?
    > > >
    > > Even Mr. Inventor of the ethernet himself regrets calling them collisions because
    > > that term has a bad ring people unfamiliar with the technological detail.
    > >
    > > Pete
    >
    > So there are no answers or solutions ?

    Solution: Do nothing, because nothing is /wrong/. There's nothing to
    FIX. Move along, nothing to see here.

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