

Without proper clock synchronization some data may be misinterpreted.īut why I am talking about clock synchronization? Because if you want the data as RAW as it is on the cable you will not get it. What does "synchronizing" mane in there? In front of any Ehternet traffic come 64 alternate bits of 0s and 1s which are meant to synchronize the clocks on both communicating NICs. Your Ethernet NIC will read the current on the cable (in manchester encoding for ethernet) and synchronize itself to any Ehternet traffic on that cable. Between you (in front of a computer) and the cable in the in the RJ-45 jack sits a NIC (network interface controller, i.e. As far as any software can understand a wire you will always get a packet.
