[c-nsp] half duplex question

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Thu Aug 4 09:45:00 EDT 2011


Dave Weis wrote:
> If the half duplex circuit is plugged directly from one device to
> another device, how could you possibly have collisions without a hub
> somewhere in the mix?

You'll get collisions if the devices at either end of the link try to
talk at the same time.  The more traffic there is on the link, the more
likely this is to happen.

Peace...  Sridhar


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