Boca BOCAHUB-16 Plus BEN220, Installation Manual

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Collision Handling
The BOCAHUB-16 Plus will detect and respond to
collision conditions as specified in 802.3. It will also
protect the network from an excessive duration of, or
frequent collisions by “partitioning” the offending
port from the rest of the network. Once a port is
partitioned, the data received from that port will not
be repeated. However, any other data on the network
will be re-transmitted on that port. If the collisions
that cause the partitioning cease, the port will be re-
connected to the rest of the network.
The status of the partitioning scheme can be checked
at any time by moving the LNK/PRT switch on the
front of the BOCAHUB-16 Plus to the PRT position. If
any ports are currently partitioned, the corresponding
LED will go out (OFF).
Introduction