Please bear with me. I'm totally new to this. I'm pretty sure I'm about to say something nonsense to you guys. Please correct me.
The book I'm reading says:
"each device on
every segment plugged into a switch can transmit simultaneously. At least, they can as long as
there is only one host on each port"
If one network consists of 2 pcs, and this network is connected to a switch. From what I understand, these 2 pcs cannot transmit simultaneously because they reside within one collision domain. So, I don't understand why the author is saying the above statement.
To be honest I don't quite get what it means to say "as long as
there is only one host on each port" I read a definition of "host", but I don't get it. The 2 pcs I used in my example represent 2 hosts or just 1 host?
I'm just lost. Help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much.
2006-09-26
00:15:50
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