[comp.dcom.lans] 802.3 repeaters with "automatic partitioning"?

morgan@ji.Berkeley.EDU (Robert Morgan) (01/16/87)

I am interested in finding out about companies that offer Ethernet/
802.3 compatible repeaters that offer the feature sometimes called
automatic partitioning. That is, the repeater figures out that one
of its segments is causing continuous collisions and stops
transmitting from it, so that the rest of the net can continue
to work. I know that DEC repeaters offer this, and I just talked
to someone at TCL in Fremont that said they recently began offering
it.  Do people know of any others?  Are there other "features"
(good and bad) that various models of repeater have that are worth
considering?  I will summarize to the net if there's interest.

Thanks,

Bob Morgan	morgan@ji.Berkeley.EDU
San Francisco State University Computing Services