On Jun 28, 2005, at 05:22, Peter Schaff wrote:
Wow! This network newbie thanks the three of you for helping me know
how to ask a better question. I still don't grok networking, but
you've helped a lot. What I wanted to know is:
If I add another PM 1000 Mbs to my current 1000 Mbs PM and 100 Mbs
iMac to my Asante FR3004FLC "router", with the PMs be able to talk to
each other at 1000 Mbs with all machines running?
Sort of. The pipe between your 1000Mbps PMs will be 1000Mbps, but if
other computers are talking to one or both of them, those other
computers will eat into that 1000Mbps bandwidth somewhat. To confuse
things even more, ethernet has a practical limit of about 40% of stated
bandwidth, so that 1000Mbps pipe is, in actuality, more like 400Mbps.
;)
FWI: The Asante has 4 ports, a modem connection (now used), a WAN
connection (if we ever get broadband out here), and a parallel printer
port. I talk to the modem via a browser.
As an aside, how would describe the Asante? Switch? Router? Hub?
Bridge?
As you describe your particular device, it performs the functions of
switch, router, and print server. That sort of device is typically
called a "cable/DSL router," which implies all of those networking
functions, but not typically the print server part.
Daniel
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