Jim,
you are right. it has been my experience that inexpensive switches
have better aggregate throughput than inexpensive hubs. i found that a
very good way to connect many stations cheaply is to use a 10T hub with
100TX uplink port that you xonnect to the server. julius
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hmm, Switches or Hubs?, that question comes up from time to time.
>
> In the case of 30 workstations and a single LTSP/Application server,
> I think the more important thing is the 100mbs vs 10mbs.
> A switch, in that case will really offer very little improvement
> (if any) over a hub.
>
> All of the traffic will be going between the workstations and
> the server, and even then, most of the traffic is generated
> by the server and received by the workstation. The real bottleneck
> is between the server and the hub/switch, and virtually all of the
> traffic has to pass through that leg of the network.
>
> A switch really helps when there are multiple servers and the workstations
> aren't all talking to the same server all the time.
>
> But then again, switches have come way down in price, so you might
> as well start with switches.
>
> Jim McQuillan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > When you get up to 5-10 workstations on a 10 mbps hub, the amount of
> > broadcast traffic really bogs down performance - at least that is what I
> > have experienced. 30 on a 10 mbps hub might make your users pull their
> > hair out.
> >
> > If money is tight and you have mostly hubs, you could use a combination
> > of switch and hubs. Plug the server directly into the switch, uplink the
> > hubs to the switch, and try to limit the number of workstations plugged
> > into each hub. The key here being get at least one switch.
> >
> > My .02 cents
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > On 1/16/02, 7:58:55 PM, "Marvin T Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> > regarding [Ltsp-discuss] Just a newbie question:
> >
> >
> > > Hello everybody out there! =)
> >
> > > Is it okay to use a 10Mbps HUB for LTSP having 30 workstations or do I
> > really need a switch?
> >
> > > Thanks in advance! =)
> >
> > > Marvin
> >
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