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Re: job screening question


From: David Edelman <dedelman () iname com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:20:58 +0000



On 7/6/12 12:50 AM, "Scott Weeks" <surfer () mauigateway com> wrote:



--- bill () herrin us wrote:
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>

5.      What is the reason for the 100m distance limit within an
ethernet collision domain?

What's an ethernet collision domain? Seriously, when was the last time
you dealt with a half duplex ethernet?
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Now if someone answered it that way, I'd definitely be
interested while the HR person would just hang up...

scott


Anyone who responds that way has at least a notion of collision detection
and propagation delay and might actually have a bit of experience in the
field, not bad things. Is the next question about exponential back off or
regeneration of preamble?

--Dave





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