20. What does all of this have to do with the 5-4-3 repeater placement rule?
We’re getting there. We want to first set the stage by extending our discussion about
collision domains. CSMA/CD design rules specify that if a node’s transmission results in a
collision, then the node must be able to detect the collision before it stops transmitting. If
not, the node will never know that the frame it transmitted was corrupted. For example,
look at Figure 8.9 and consider the following scenario involving the nodes at the opposite
ends of the collision domain (i.e., the workstations attached to segments A and E,
respectiv ...
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