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- From: petri@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (Stefan Petri)
- Subject: Questions on standard IEEE 802.3
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.153625.21334@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
- Originator: petri@diana.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de
- Sender: postnntp@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (Mr. Nntp Inews Entry)
- Reply-To: petri@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (Stefan Petri)
- Organization: TU Braunschweig, Informatik (Bueltenweg), Germany
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:36:25 GMT
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- What is the reason for permitting only three coax segments on the
- maximum transmission path between any two stations instead of five?
- This question arises because the end-to-end propagation delay of a
- link segment should be less than 2570ns instead of the end-to-end
- propagation delay of a coax segment of 2165ns (10Base5).
-
- The IEEE 802.3 standard reads in section 8.6.1 (5) as follows:
- The maximum transmission path permitted between any two stations
- is five segments, four repeater sets (including optional AUIs),
- two MAUs, and two AUIs. Of the five segments a maximum of three
- may be coax segments; the remainder are link segments.
-
- The maximum transmission path consists of: 5 segments, 4 repeater
- sets (with AUIs), 2 MAUs, and 2 AUIs. The total number of
- segments equals the number of link segments plus the number of
- coax segments. If there are two link segments on the
- transmission path, there may be a maximum of three coax segments
- on that path. If there are no link segments on a transmission
- path, there may be a maximum of three coax segments on that path
- given current repeater technology.
-
- Does the term `current repeater technology' mean that a delay caused
- by an inter repeater link (IRL) is negligible compared to the delay
- of a repeater set between two coax segments?
-
- Any help is much appreciated. If possible, please answer via E-Mail.
-
- Stefan
-