> > Ethernet is not designed for huge LANs. If you want that you need > > to make significant changes - http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mas90/MOOSE/ > > Hm: > > "Our object is to design a communication system which can grow smoothly to > accommodate several buildings full of personal computers and the facilities > needed for their support." > > Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks > Robert M. Metcalfe and David R. Boggs > Communications of the ACM Volume 19 Issue 7, July 1976
So let's change it slightly: Ethernet is not designed for huge broadcast domains. How big is huge? To some degree it depends on how broadcast "chatty" the protocols used are - but there's also the matter of having a size which makes it possible to troubleshoot. Personally I'd prefer an upper limit of a few hundred computers. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected]
