3Com 5101T-FB-ST Marine Radio User Manual


 
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2. Does the controller use the AMD LANCE or
Intel 82586 controller chip?
The Transceiver can accommodate certain
operational characteristics of these two
widely used controller chips. The optimiza-
tions made by the Transceiver to more suit-
ably support these chips during collision
recovery are not detrimental to operation
with other Ethernet controllers. If there is
any doubt about the type of controller chip
used by your equipment, leave the Alternate
Collision Mode switch enabled.