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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Can ethernet TCP/IP lock up?
Keywords: I don't know; someone says it can
Message-ID: <May.25.11.12.55.1988.24676@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 25 May 88 15:12:56 GMT
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Well, transcievers do fail.  A jabbering transciever is very very hard
to find.  More frequently what fails is the vampire tap, that can be found
with TDR, but finding a malicious transciever is very hard.  BRL had one
that would intermittantly transimit for about 15 seconds straight.  This
only became really noticeable as the Braindamaged microcode in one of our
Ethernet blew up when they couldn't get on the net for seven seconds.

-Ron