gdrao@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Giridhar Rao) (02/15/91)
Hi, Can someone on the net tell me what is tha maximum baud rate on the standard IEEE 802.3 LAN ? Does the standard mention the type of encoding used ? Thanks in advance. Giri. -- =============================================================================== = Giridhar Rao Voice 602-966-0005 = = Computer Science Department Email gdrao@enuxha.eas.asu.edu = ===============================================================================
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (02/22/91)
In article <2316@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> gdrao@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Giridhar Rao) writes: > Can someone on the net tell me what is tha maximum baud rate on the >standard IEEE 802.3 LAN ? Does the standard mention the type of encoding >used ? The transmission rate and encoding are 100% defined by the standard. The data rate (you don't want "baud rate", that doesn't mean what you think it does) is exactly 10 million bits per second for raw bits on the wire; that rate is reduced slightly by packetizing overhead in practice. The actual data rate that you can really achieve is often limited by hardware and software bottlenecks on the transmitting and receiving machines. -- "Read the OSI protocol specifications? | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology I can't even *lift* them!" | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry