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From: mkd@mtunh.ATT.COM (Mark Darby)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Starlan/Ethernet compatibility
Message-ID: <678@mtunh.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 89 03:03:10 GMT
References: <2009@wasatch.utah.edu> <19449@cup.portal.com> <677@mtunh.ATT.COM>
Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA
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In article <677@mtunh.ATT.COM>, mkd@mtunh.ATT.COM (Mark Darby) writes:

> The link test function in the 10BASE-T letter ballot draft (Dated April 7,
> 1989, Document P802.3I/D6) consists of a transmission of a single
> positive pulse, 100 nanoseconds in duration, every
> 24 to 150 milliseconds in the absence of transmit traffic. The 10BASE-T
  ^^    ^^^
  ||     |
  \\-------- These numbers should be 8 and 24 milliseconds, respectively.
             The previous numbers refer to certain link test timer limits.

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