At 10:10 AM +0100 6/27/05, Simon Royal wrote:
Hi
We are running a small network of 5 macs, 1 printer and an ethernet
hard disk on
our network at work. Currently we using a 10/100 Hub and it is struggling.
I have convinced 'the powers that be' to buy us an Ethernet Switch.
I asked for
a 10/100/1000 Switch, but am being queried about it being necessary.
My understanding is, if all our machines have 10/100 then a 10/100/1000 Switch
would still be useful. If 3 machines are accessing the ethernet
disk on a 10/100
Switch then will this slow it down to 33Mps?
Surely a 10/100/1000 switch will allow 3 10/100 machines to connect
at full 100
each, but our peecee tech guy is saying that if our network cards in
our Macs are
10/100 then the 10/100/1000 switch will only run at 10/100 however
many machines
are running on it.
Hope this isn't too confusing.
The question is a little pointless as I found out 2 of the machines have
10/100/1000 ethernet cards, but I would liek to know the answer,
just to see if
he is right or being tight.
If all the connections to a 10/100/1000 switch are a maximum of
100BaseT then the only advantage the switch MIGHT buy you is that it
might be faster switching packets. This would only matter if your
traffic is so heavy as to max out a lesser switch.
So you the tech guy is right.
1000BaseT is only going to help you if it's on the server (and the
server can really make use of it). If the "Ethernet hard disk" is
your only server (the printer shouldn't be a problem) then that will
be the choke point. If it does support 1000BaseT then the
10/100/1000 switch might make sense.
Generally a 5 computer network is only going to benefit from
1000BaseT if you have some significant traffic on it, as in large
files.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
--
The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |
- Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! |
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml>
--> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]>
To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
---------------------------------------------------------------
iPod Accessories for Less
at 1-800-iPOD.COM
Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal
www.1800ipod.com
---------------------------------------------------------------
