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What is IEEE 802.3 Ethernet's communication type: Synchronous or Asynchronous?

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In the IEEE 802.3 frame structure there is a 7 byte preamble section for synchronization. If it is really for synchronization does that mean Ethernet is synchronous and not asynchronous? Ethernet structure for reference:

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Your question seems to assume that each frame is transmitted one after the other, synchronously like one frame, then a gap then another, and thus why a need for a preamble. As if a preamble tells it and just tells it that there's a frame coming. And…

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