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DP83261 BMAC Device (FDDI Media Access Controller)
October 1994
DP83261 BMAC TM Device (FDDI Media Access Controller)
General Description
The DP83261 BMAC device implements the Media Access Control (MAC) protocol for operation in an FDDI token ring The BMAC device provides a flexible interface to the BSI-2TM device The BMAC device offers the capabilities described in the ANSI X3T9 5 MAC Standard and several functional enhancements allowed by the Standard The BMAC device transmits receives repeats and strips tokens and frames It uses a full duplex architecture that allows diagnostic transmission and self testing for error isolation The duplex architecture also allows...