Design Features

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Design Features

The Fast EtheRx 100BASE-TX hubs comply with the full set of repeater functions as defined by IEEE 802.3u, clause 27. These functions include all Repeater Functions, Signal Regeneration, Jabber Lockup Protection, Collision- Handling, Error-Handling, and Auto Partitioning/Reconnection. These functions are usually transparent to all network activities and are summarized below.

Repeater Functions

If any single port senses the start of a valid packet on its receiving line, the Fast EtheRx hub will re-transmit the received data to all other ports on the network. The retransmission of packets complies with the IEEE 802.3u specification in terms of preamble structure, voltage amplitude, and timing characteristics. These timing regeneration’s prevent cumulative signal loss, jitter, and distortion caused by the network cabling, and allow the Fast EtheRx Hubs to be uplinked to another 100BASE-TX switching hub or cascaded to other Class II Repeater.

Jabber Lock-up Protection

The Fast EtheRx hubs implement a built-in jabber protection scheme to ensure that the network is not disabled due to transmission of excessively long data packets. This protection scheme will automatically interrupt the reception of abnormally long streams of data to prevent jabber lock-up.

Collision-Handling

The Fast EtheRx hubs will perform collision detection and respond to collision conditions as defined in the IEEE 802.3u specifications.

Error-Handling

With 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet, the new error-handling feature prevents sub- standard links from generating streams of false carrier and interfering with other links.

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