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rnhmjojtoday at 8:54 AM1 replyview on HN

> How is that done if not using CSMA/CD (or something very similar at least)?

AFAIK, WiFi has always been doing CSMA/CA and starting with the 802.11ax standard also OFDMA. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_node_problem#Background


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p4bl0today at 10:02 AM

Thanks. So the author's point in the linked article is wrong, it's the opposite of what they wrote. Contrary to what they say, it's indeed a bus, and it isn't the case that CSMA/CD is useless, it's that isn't enough to deal with the situation, so additions have been made to it.

Thanks for your link that helped clarifying this for me!

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