02-12-2003 02:54 AM - edited 07-04-2021 08:30 AM
i have a this network design:
Router === BR-Root ----- BR-Cleint === BR-AP ----- WGB
What is the collision domains for this network design ?
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02-13-2003 12:07 PM
That's not entirely true...
This whole scenario is one broadcast domain, but is multiple collision domains. All of the components are layer 2 bridges which means they build forwarding tables for each interface, similar to an ethernet switch.
In this scenario, you will have one collision domain between the router and the root bridge, another collision domain between the root bridge and the client bridge, another between the client bridge and the AP, another collision domain between the AP and the WGB, and a final outside the WGB.
However, since this is a csma/ca (collision avoidance) topology, 'collisions' don't occur. Instead, a device wishing to transmit will 'listen' to the carrier and will transmit if the medium is available. Unlike a collision detection network, which attempts to transmit and then senses a collision, wireless devices will not attempt to transmit if another device is currently transmitting.
02-13-2003 11:38 AM
BR and AP / WGB are layer 2 device , does not look at layer 3 so till you hit the router you are in one collision domain .
Remeber this is 11 meg shared bandwidth . it works on similar concept like
wired ethernet
Wired ethernet is csma/cd
wireless is csms/ca
Nilesh
02-13-2003 12:07 PM
That's not entirely true...
This whole scenario is one broadcast domain, but is multiple collision domains. All of the components are layer 2 bridges which means they build forwarding tables for each interface, similar to an ethernet switch.
In this scenario, you will have one collision domain between the router and the root bridge, another collision domain between the root bridge and the client bridge, another between the client bridge and the AP, another collision domain between the AP and the WGB, and a final outside the WGB.
However, since this is a csma/ca (collision avoidance) topology, 'collisions' don't occur. Instead, a device wishing to transmit will 'listen' to the carrier and will transmit if the medium is available. Unlike a collision detection network, which attempts to transmit and then senses a collision, wireless devices will not attempt to transmit if another device is currently transmitting.
02-13-2003 10:59 PM
thank you very much. I guessed about this, but was not sure.
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