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Design Features 
KNExTX/WG User’s Guide  - Rev. A00                Kingston Technology Company 
Design Features 
 
The EtheRx hub complies with the full set of repeater basic functions as 
defined by IEEE 802.3u. These functions include all Repeater Functions, 
Signal Regeneration, Receive Jabber Protection, Collision-Handling, Error-
Handling, and Auto Partitioning/Reconnection. 
Repeater Functions 
If any single port senses the start of a valid packet on its receiving line, the 
EtheRx hub will re-transmit the received data to all other ports on the network.  
The re-transmission of packets complies with the IEEE 802.3u specification in 
terms of preamble structure, voltage amplitude, and timing characteristics.  
These timing regenerations prevent cumulative signal loss, jitters, and 
distortion caused by network cabling, thus allowing the EtheRx hubs to be 
cascaded to other 100BASE-TX Class 
II
 repeaters. 
Receive Jabber Protection 
The EtheRx hub provides a Receive Jabber Protection scheme to ensure that 
the network is not disabled due to reception of excessively long data packets. 
This protection scheme will automatically interrupt the receiver if the EtheRx 
hub has been continuously receiving for more than 65,536-bit times. 
Collision-Handling 
The EtheRx hub will detect and respond to collision conditions as outlined in 
the IEEE 802.3u specifications. 
Error-Handling 
The 100BASE-TX standard uses an improved method of error-handling called 
block coding.  With 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet, the new error-handling 
feature prevents substandard links from generating streams of false carrier and 
interfering with other links. 
Automatic Port Partitioning/Reconnection 
 
If any of the ports on the EtheRx hub experience excessive collisions, or faulty 
conditions, that particular port can be partitioned.  Once partitioned, the hub 
will continue to monitor that port.  If the error conditions have been corrected 
or a good data packet is received without a collision, the hub will automatically  
reconnect that port to the network.