How many laptops to a wireless AP?

[Ben Scott]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Ryan <stephen at sryanfamily.info> wrote:
> I think this is the answer right here; wireless uses the same CSMA/CD
> algorithm that Ethernet does ....

  From what I've read, not quite: It's CSMA (Carrier Sense Multiple
Access) without the CD (Collision Detect).  Most 802.11 stuff can't
detect collisions, because a radio which is transmitting can't tell if
another radio is also transmitting on the same frequency at the same
time.  Like with walkie-talkies; when you're transmitting, the
receiver is disabled.  So collisions hurt even more because the
equipment can't even tell there's been one.

  I dunno about the stuff which uses multiple transceivers.

-- Ben