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> The whole OSI stack might be silly but separating the physical layer has always been a great idea. When I upgrade from 10/100 ethernet to 10/100/1000 ethernet
by waddlesplash 8y ago
> The whole OSI stack might be silly but separating the physical layer has always been a great idea. When I upgrade from 10/100 ethernet to 10/100/1000 ethernet, I don't have to re-test my web server and mail server.
No, but you had to change all your network cards on both ends of the connection, and of course there were new drivers for the new chipsets. Same with USB.