>> > The host *is* the edge of the network.
>>
>> I'm sorry to have not mentioned that I consider the host nodes,
>> or the end nodes, are not edges but instead something attaching
>> on network edges. I consider the very last hub, or the access router
>> which the end nodes connected to as the 'network edge'.
> So there's no network between me and another computer on the
> same unswitched Ethernet?
>For example the old 10Base2 ethernet links? Or a cross-link twisted-pairs?
>I can say the full length of the 10Base2 link can be regarded as a (passive)
repeater hub.
>I think 'network edge' is somewhat a arbitrary definition. Maybe I'm not
correct but I >believe distinguishing 'network edge' from 'end node' may provide
some convenience for >further discussion on the congestion control and avoidance
mechanism.
If I'm not wrong the ethernet is a type of LAN (local area NETWORK) and
therefore there is a network even without routing or switching devices; the
edges of the networks are the hosts.
Anyway, I agree with Mr Gao that it will be usefull to have a distinguishing
name for the last network element, something like ONE "outest network element"
or END "edge netework device" or any other that may be chosen.
Joaquin Rivera
