If the reason for the second switch is you ran out of ports, replacing it with a larger switch is fine if money in no object or you have another use for these two switches. Otherwise I wouldn't worry, the latency, though measurable is nothing to worry about compared to your Internet connection.
Dave KM Reynolds wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am looking at this configuration: > > [PC]---[Switch1]---Fiber---[Switch2]---[Switch3]---[WirelessBridge]---distance2miles---[WirelessBridge]---[4Switch10Mb]---[Router]---[ISPInternet] > > The switches are all consist of 10Mb ports. The question. Whould it not be > a better design to take out switch2 and switch3 and replace it with one > switch with more ports. This would elimate one switch to traverse when the > clients are accessing the Internet. > > Any thoughts on this or if you see other things that may help with the > design. > > TIA > KM > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=39895&t=39888 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

