Ethernet is a ubiquitous standard for wired Local Area Networks (LANs), and this paper introduces its first version. Please read section 6 “lightly.” We would like you to understand the purpose and significance of the formulas presented there, but we are less concerned about their precise derivation. We absolutely don’t need you to memorize or use them.

• How does Ethernet control access to the shared Ether? Specifically, how do carrier detection, interference detection, and collision consensus enforcement apply to this problem?
• How is that process similar to, or different from, the way a conversation with a group of people works? Say, a group of friends trying to decide where to go to dinner, or a small-group discussion in one of your classes (like this class!).

Submit your answers to these questions on Canvas by 12:00pm on Friday 2/27. You should be writing a few sentences in response to each question (so we don't need you to write an essay for each one, but we're also expecting more than one-word answers). Your responses should be in your own words, not direct quotations from the paper.