Just had an email turn up about a webcast from Lattice about lowcost programmable ethernet gaskets.
Ethernet gaskets.
Huh?
Ethernet Gaskets - I need to be educated
Sep 25, 2007
3 Replies
It's to prevent memory leaks.
(Most PCs continuously leak memory via the network interface. They get slower and slower the longer they run, as the amount of remaining memory is reduced).
John Devereux
:) I feel the need for a wikipedia entry
Here's a picture:
My best guess is that it keeps the frames from getting lost in the ether. It could be that some of them wind up slipping through the net.
Hoe that helps, G.
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