> Dennis wrote: > > > For "Fairness" gaps in between frames are better > > as you approach capacity of your wire. > > Isn't there some ethernet requirement (implemented on the NIC) that a > transmitter holds off the wire a little to give other NICs enough time > to notice there's nothing being transmitted? > > The sequence of events would be something like: > > NIC1 NIC2 time | > v > start xmit > host queues next packet > xmit finishes > start "back-to-back" delay > sense idle wire > start xmit > sense access from NIC2 > "back-to-back" delay ends > wait for wire idle > xmit finishes > sense idle > start xmit > > No, only when there is a collision, both sides then wait a random amount of time before trying again.
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