Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!newcastle.ac.uk!pgc From: pgc@newcastle.ac.uk (P. G. Cutting) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: large ethernet question ? Message-ID: <3105@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk> Date: 6 May 88 13:18:33 GMT Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE17RU Lines: 12 What are the rules governing segments and repeaters? Are there repeaters which allow topologies other then linear and how do the rules apply in this case? What is the main factor that the rules seek to control in this context? I suspect end-end prop delay since this will affect the collisions and hence channel bandwidth. If the end-end prop delay becomes too large will it cause catestrophic failure (eg > 9.6us) or is the degredation continuous.