8 Mar
2004
8 Mar
'04
5:03 a.m.
On Mar 8, 11:01, Paul Koning wrote:
Pete> You can, but I was always told (and read
somewhere) there
Pete> should be two stripes between, not one.
Interesting. Your source is mistaken... Quoting from the Ethernet
Specification, Version 2 (DEC/Intel/Xerox), section 7.6.2:
Makes sense, I can't think of any reason to require a minimum of two
"intervals" (for want of a better word). See my other post; I bet the
book has simply been misinterpreted a few times, and that's where most
peopel got it from (the standard itself didn't used to be terribly
accessible).
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York