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- From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock)
- Subject: Re: what is SQE (DUMB QUESTION!)
- Message-ID: <pe5ef64@sgi.sgi.com>
- Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:31:09 GMT
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- nason@pa881a.inland.com writes:
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- | ccewch@nuscc.nus.sg (Wong Chee Heng) writes:
- | > Why SQE must be turned off when connecting to Ethernet V2 device?
- |
- | Ethernet V2 devices(no 802.3 conformance) cannot accept the 802.3 SQE-test.
- +---------------
-
- WRONG-O! The Ethernet v.2 spec contains the "Collision Presence Test"
- (see Section 7.4.7), which is exactly the same as 802.3 SQE-test.
-
- It's Ethernet v.1 that can't hack the SQE test...
-
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- -Rob
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- Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com
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