At 9:36 AM -0400 7/9/01, H. Spencer Young wrote:
>Can someone give me a quick primer on the advantages of switches vs. hubs on
>a small appletalk network with about 20 machines using file sharing?
>
>Thanks very much. I'd be happy to exchange DV info as a trade.
Basically, hubs share their bandwidth -- if you've got lots of
machines sending info to each other, they've got to share the hub; more
connections, the slower for everyone. A switch basically gives each pair
of connected machines the full bandwidth -- you can have a bunch of traffic
at once, and no pair of connected machines has a speed hit.
Hm, that's an interesting concept, information for trade. Sorry if
you don't find what you expect; people here are likely to share info here
with no expectation of anything in return. ;)
Regards,
-Greg
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