Re: wireless lans with multiple accesspoints

Kevin Oberman <[email protected]> probably said:
> Simply stated, no. Per 802.3, collisions are a local event. There is
> no way for a switch to "send a collision" and the section of 802.3 on
> full-duplex is specific that collision detection MUST be disabled. A
> switch does not divide a broadcast domain, but does divide a collision
> domain.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

Collision detection is not always disabled, collisions do happen if
they are supposed to or not.

P.

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