topic Re: IEEE 802.3 in Operating System - HP-UX

IEEE 802.3

Hill_1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2001 23:43:31 GMT

Dear all,
Can IEEE 802.3 support topologies other than "Bus Topology"?

Re: IEEE 802.3

harry d brown jr — Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:09:04 GMT

Simple: No.

Re: IEEE 802.3

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:52:28 GMT

IEEE 802.3 -> 10BaseT/10BaseFL ethernet when used in an active hub/switch configuration is "star".

-Sri

Re: IEEE 802.3

Christopher McCray_1 — Wed, 24 Oct 2001 12:42:45 GMT

The original standard defined a bus topology, so in this case, no. The evolution of this standard became the ethernet standard, which uses a star topology. So, the original definition only supported bus while the ethernet standard supports star.

Hope this helps.

Chris

Re: IEEE 802.3

harry d brown jr — Wed, 24 Oct 2001 12:57:14 GMT

Chris, maybe I should have asked if he was talking about 802.3 (u) - or what ever version they are on now :-))

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harry