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Table 3.4b: Worst case round-trip delay for Fast Ethernet device components*

Component

Round-trip delay in Bit Times (BT)

2 TX DTEs

100

2 FX DTEs

100

1 FX and 1 TX DTE

100

1 T4 and 1 TX or FX DTE

127

Class I Repeater

140

Class II Repeater with any
combination of TX and FX ports

92

*Worst case delays taken from IEEE Std 802.3u-1995.

To determine whether a prospective network topology adheres to the collision

domain diameter specification, the following formula should be applied to the worst case path

through the network. The worst case path is the path between the two Fast Ethernet devices