From: Darek Kuzma (darekk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Aug 22 2002 - 19:58:52 GMT-3
Guys,
What about that:
ATM = Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Darek
Wade Edwards wrote:
> I would submit that Ethernet is asynchronous because it is an ad hoc
> medium and synchronization occurs in-band and is per packet. ATM is
> synchronous because there are certain timeslots and synchronization
> occurs out of band.
>
> L8r
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Snyder [mailto:msnyder@ldd.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 4:18 PM
> To: 'Michael Spencer'
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: ethernet
>
> Where's the clock?
>
> Believe every Ethernet transmission starts with a series of one's and
> zero's sent before the packet header.
>
> This layer two header provides the clock. So it it's async before the
> packet is transmited, and synced as the packet is transmited.
>
> Does this help?
>
> I have a better question for you, is ATM sync or async. Really? You
> don't think there's a sync'ed clock signal on the fiber cables. About
> as clear as mud huh?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Michael Spencer
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:04 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: ethernet
>
> Is ethernet synchronous or asynchronous?
>
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