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So it's basically old-school, pre-switch, pre-hub Ethernet. A lot like thinnet. Except with a single twisted pair instead of coaxial. And also, its approach to
by adrianmonk 4y ago
So it's basically old-school, pre-switch, pre-hub Ethernet. A lot like thinnet. Except with a single twisted pair instead of coaxial.
And also, its approach to time-division multiplexing is more like DOCSIS cable modems, where a schedule determines whose turn it is to transmit.
So it's going to be cheap and high utilization, and the max latency will be under control, but the min latency might not be wonderful.
- PinguTS 4y agoIt is much more robust on EMI. It is much cheaper, because it uses very thin wires. There are lots of thing, which distinguish it from the good old Coax days with required proper termination of 75 Ohms.
- adrianmonk 4y agoYeah, I'm not trying to minimize it. Rather, I'm just trying to describe what it's conceptually like at a high level. Not requiring termination definitely seems like a good thing. Somehow they're always fiddly.