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Patrick Schaaf escribió:
> Tito <a@a.com> writes:
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>>What Media Access Control protocol does Ethernet and IEE 802.e use ?
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>>CSMA persistent ? CSMA/CD ? CSMA non persistent ? CSMA / CA ?
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>>And IEEE 802.11 uses CSMA / CA , right ?
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> Nowadays, as the saying goes: no CS, no MA, and no CD.
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> What is 'CA' supposed to mean?
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> Apart from that, the questions are ill-posed, as none of them cover
> material differences between "802.3" and "Ethernet" - both of these
> largely overlapping topical areas encompass the same set of various
> access methods, as far as I know.
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> For all practical purposes, "802.3" and "Ethernet" are used as synonyms.
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> As usual, it is not really possible to guess the _correct_ answers to your
> homework problem set, because we don't know in which way the material has
> been covered in the course you are taking. In this case, we do not know
> what exact meaning "Ethernet" could have had in your course. Can you
> clarify for us?
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> best regards
> Patrick
CSMA/CA is "Collision avoidance" used by 802.11 networks