Thanks everyone for their replies. As I now understand it, the 1Gb
uplink just moves data faster than... say, a 100Mb uplink. Correct?
Conversations between hosts on each switch still take place one at a
time, thereby obeying Ethernet rules of one station transmitting at a
time. Correct?
Okay my next question. Is there any point at which this 1Gb uplink can
become saturated, since it's only handling station to station sessions-
one at a time.
If a number of stations on each switch were doing large file transfers
to each other via the uplink, would there be some point at which the
uplink would be maxed out- in terms of bandwidth? Or is the only
limiting factor, the workstations inability to pump data out fast enough
to max out the uplink when they're only running 100Mb?
I'm thinking that it's really not possible to max out a 1Gb uplink when
stations are only running 100Mb. If this is correct then I lay this
question to rest.
Thanks.
Vijay Ramcharan
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Forgive me if this sounds a little bit basic but this is what happens
when you rush into things without understanding the fundamentals.
Suppose a 24 port 100Mbit switch called A is uplinked to another 24 port
100Mb switch called B via a 1Gb connnection. Suppose hosts D through N
are on switch A and hosts M through X are on Switch B. Would
conversations between the hosts from Switch A to Switch B occur one at a
time or are multiple conversations multiplexed over the 1Gb uplink?
I'm just trying to find out if and how that 1Gb uplink is used up.
Thanks in advance. I'd put TIA but I hate those little acronyms. No
flames please.
Vijay Ramcharan
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