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nodes to accurately detect collisions on the network; and the maximum frame size allows
nodes to detect the completion of a transmission, which facilitates error detection.
17. Table 8.1 also specifies a maximum diameter as part of a network’s description.
For example, 10BASE5 has a maximum diameter of 2500 m, and 10BASE-T has
a maximum diameter of 500 m. What is a network “diameter?”
Diameter in this context is a term that emanates from the branch of mathematics called
graph theory, which is frequently employed by theoretical and applied computer scientists
in the study of network design. The diameter ...