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2014-12-04 , 23:24
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Originally Posted by juiceme View Post
That used to be so in the eighties. It was called CSMA on ethernet and token passing on token rings.
However now all LAN's are switched with enough backplane capacity and it does not apply any longer.
I know, I just didn't want to go too technical on the likes of Dave

I haven't figured out yet how to scale my brave new network. I mean, Fred in London talking to Mary in New York whilst at the same time Masayoshi in Tokio talks to Fatima in Baghdad - that's easy, that works now already. I am thinking more about when things are just beyond the line of sight, like Fred in sector B4 on the second floor talking to that cutie in C9 on the third (without knowing her name), that kind of thing.
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