Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU!sy.Ken From: sy.Ken@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Station wagon full of bits Message-ID: <12290411719.278.SY.KEN@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU> Date: Sun, 29-Mar-87 23:47:58 EST Article-I.D.: CU20B.12290411719.278.SY.KEN Posted: Sun Mar 29 23:47:58 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Mar-87 01:11:27 EST References: <8703291731.AA04028@columbia.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa Stu, in comparing Wagonnet with Ethernet, you mentioned that for Wagonnet, congestion is not as much of a problem. What you neglected to mention, though, is that for our now well-discussed station wagon, collisions are much more serious! (Sorry, couldn't resist. :-) I would also hope that the driver would not "back off and retry"... :-) -------